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ldolse · 09-07-2010, 08:12 AM

try this:
<br>\s*(title1|title2|title3|title\s+with\s+spaces )\s*<br> - changing title to whatever your chapters are.

You can also add <hr>\s* or \s*<hr> to the beginning or end (depending on whether it's header or footer), to more accurately tie it just to the page headers. If you tie it to the <hr> tag you might be able to get away with something like this:

<br>\s*(\w+\s*)+\s*<br>\s*<hr>

Use the test function with some of those examples to see if you can get what you need.

http://www.regular-expressions.info/ is the best place to read up on how to use regex.

edit - here's a sample regex I used for a file which also had chapter title headers:

Code:

((Castello\s|The\s(Phleg|nun|night|prince\sof\smus|garden|secret\spalac)|Epilogu|Prefac|Four\scarnival|Amalf|La\sSiren|Marriage\sto|Montevergin|Spaccanapol|A\sstiletto|Gesualdo\sC)[^<]+<br>\s*)?(\d|[xvi])+<br>\s*(The\sD\s*e\s*v\s*i\s*l\s*[^<]+<br>)?\s*((Bh|27)[^<]+<br>\s*){4,4}\s*<hr>\s*<A name=\d+></a>

I believe in this case it was a footer, <A name=\d+></a> also shows up on every page break, so it's another way to tie the regex to the header/footer by including that in the pattern.

09-07-2010, 08:12 AM	#2
ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	try this: <br>\s(title1\|title2\|title3\|title\s+with\s+spaces )\s<br> - changing title to whatever your chapters are. You can also add <hr>\s* or \s<hr> to the beginning or end (depending on whether it's header or footer), to more accurately tie it just to the page headers. If you tie it to the <hr> tag you might be able to get away with something like this: <br>\s(\w+\s)+\s<br>\s<hr> Use the test function with some of those examples to see if you can get what you need. http://www.regular-expressions.info/ is the best place to read up on how to use regex. edit - here's a sample regex I used for a file which also had chapter title headers: Code: ((Castello\s\|The\s(Phleg\|nun\|night\|prince\sof\smus\|garden\|secret\spalac)\|Epilogu\|Prefac\|Four\scarnival\|Amalf\|La\sSiren\|Marriage\sto\|Montevergin\|Spaccanapol\|A\sstiletto\|Gesualdo\sC)[^<]+<br>\s)?(\d\|[xvi])+<br>\s(The\sD\se\sv\si\sl\s[^<]+<br>)?\s((Bh\|27)[^<]+<br>\s){4,4}\s<hr>\s<A name=\d+></a> I believe in this case it was a footer, <A name=\d+></a> also shows up on every page break, so it's another way to tie the regex to the header/footer by including that in the pattern. Last edited by ldolse; 09-07-2010 at 08:29 AM.