Adding books - regex help

tonyx3 · 03-12-2013, 11:07 PM

I know there's a ton of threads about this, but I haven't found one that answers my question, after having searched through more than a dozen of them.

I need my regex to parse filenames that are formatted like this:

Jim Butcher - [Dresden Files 01] - Storm Front.epub

I'm a total regex noob, and I'm not having any luck with the default, or with the options I've come across in the forums and tried.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

davidfor · 03-13-2013, 08:21 AM

There was an example in the options that nearly did it. But, a couple of changes produced:

Code:

(?P<author>[^_-]+) -?\s*\[(?P<series>[^_0-9-]*)(?P<series_index>[0-9]*)\]\s*-\s*(?P<title>[^_].+) ?

which seems to work.

03-12-2013, 11:07 PM	#1
tonyx3 Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus One	Adding books - regex help I know there's a ton of threads about this, but I haven't found one that answers my question, after having searched through more than a dozen of them. I need my regex to parse filenames that are formatted like this: Jim Butcher - [Dresden Files 01] - Storm Front.epub I'm a total regex noob, and I'm not having any luck with the default, or with the options I've come across in the forums and tried. Any suggestions? Thanks!

03-13-2013, 08:21 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	There was an example in the options that nearly did it. But, a couple of changes produced: Code: (?P<author>[^_-]+) -?\s\[(?P<series>[^_0-9-])(?P<series_index>[0-9])\]\s-\s*(?P<title>[^_].+) ? which seems to work.

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