Remove ( ) & everything between

Arrowhead · 12-28-2012, 12:49 AM

I have a set of books who's title is displayed as "Title (Publisher)"

I need to remove the brackets and everything in between, so only the title is displayed.

I have been fiddling around with “Search and Replace” in “Edit Metadata in Bulk” but have not been able to come up with something that works.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I could not find an answer by searching the threads.

Adoby · 12-28-2012, 03:46 AM

Since parentheses has a special meaning in RegExps, you have to escape them using backslashes to match them:

\(.*\)

A full match could be:

(.*) \((.*)\)

\1 = Title
\2 = Publisher

See: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2242243

Arrowhead · 12-28-2012, 11:13 PM

Just tried it.

Worked like a Champ.

Thank you very much for your help.

12-28-2012, 12:49 AM	#1
Arrowhead Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: PanDigital	Remove ( ) & everything between I have a set of books who's title is displayed as "Title (Publisher)" I need to remove the brackets and everything in between, so only the title is displayed. I have been fiddling around with “Search and Replace” in “Edit Metadata in Bulk” but have not been able to come up with something that works. Sorry if this has been asked before, but I could not find an answer by searching the threads.

12-28-2012, 03:46 AM	#2
Adoby Handy Elephant Posts: 1,736 Karma: 26785668 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Southern Sweden, far out in the quiet woods Device: Thinkpad E595, Ubuntu Mate, Huawei Mediapad 5, Bouye Likebook Plus	Since parentheses has a special meaning in RegExps, you have to escape them using backslashes to match them: \(.\) A full match could be: (.) \((.)\) \1 = Title \2 = Publisher See: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2242243 Last edited by Adoby; 12-28-2012 at 03:48 AM.*

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12-28-2012, 11:13 PM	#3
Arrowhead Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: PanDigital	Just tried it. Worked like a Champ. Thank you very much for your help.

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