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Lokro · 11-06-2010, 09:15 AM

I did a lot of searching and couldn't find the answer. I found a regular expression here but I have a small problem with it.

Now I don't think I need anything this crazy.

Code:

(?P<author>((?!\s-\s).)+)\s-\s(?:(?:\[\s*)?(?P<series>.+)\s(?P<series_index>\d+)(?:\s*\])?\s-\s)?(?P<title>[^(]+)(?:\(.*\))?

All of my files are in either two formats depending if it is a series or not

authorlastname, authorfirstname - Seriesname 01 - Title.extension

or

authorlastname, authorfirstname - Title.extension

The above Regular Expression is picking up everything fine but it is adding a whitespace character to Author First name. I can rename my files authorlastname,authorfirstname and it will work fine but I have a good number of files and really don't want to go through and rename them all.

Looking for some help to prevent the whitespace before the Author's First name.

11-06-2010, 09:15 AM	#1
Lokro Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle	Regular Expression on adding books. I did a lot of searching and couldn't find the answer. I found a regular expression here but I have a small problem with it. Now I don't think I need anything this crazy. Code: (?P<author>((?!\s-\s).)+)\s-\s(?:(?:\[\s)?(?P<series>.+)\s(?P<series_index>\d+)(?:\s\])?\s-\s)?(?P<title>[^(]+)(?:\(.*\))? All of my files are in either two formats depending if it is a series or not authorlastname, authorfirstname - Seriesname 01 - Title.extension or authorlastname, authorfirstname - Title.extension The above Regular Expression is picking up everything fine but it is adding a whitespace character to Author First name. I can rename my files authorlastname,authorfirstname and it will work fine but I have a good number of files and really don't want to go through and rename them all. Looking for some help to prevent the whitespace before the Author's First name.