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bthrowsnaill · 10-02-2010, 08:34 PM

If the "input" string is this:

Armstrong, Kelley - Jauría

and the desired output is

Kelley Armstrong

then I think a correct search term would be this (so that it doesn't match anything after the author first name and omits the " - Jauria").

(\w*),\s{0,1}(\w*)\s.*

\2 \1 would still be the correct replacement string

I'm not sure if this will be helpful or not (and I haven't tested it so ymmv). I understand that the previously presented solutions assume that the lastname,firstname have been imported into the {Author} field and that they are meant only to parse in this (limited) context. I thought that a regex to match the author info from the full filename might be the missing link.

10-02-2010, 08:34 PM	#19
bthrowsnaill Dreamer Posts: 112 Karma: 501282 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Philadelphia, PA Device: kindle	If the "input" string is this: Armstrong, Kelley - Jauría and the desired output is Kelley Armstrong then I think a correct search term would be this (so that it doesn't match anything after the author first name and omits the " - Jauria"). (\w),\s{0,1}(\w)\s.* \2 \1 would still be the correct replacement string I'm not sure if this will be helpful or not (and I haven't tested it so ymmv). I understand that the previously presented solutions assume that the lastname,firstname have been imported into the {Author} field and that they are meant only to parse in this (limited) context. I thought that a regex to match the author info from the full filename might be the missing link. Last edited by bthrowsnaill; 10-02-2010 at 08:36 PM.