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Manichean · 02-21-2011, 05:41 AM

I see two issues with your regex: First, as itimpi said, the vertical bar has special meaning, you'll need to escape it. Second, the asterisk as quantifier means "zero or more occurences", try using the plus quantifier, which means "one or more occurences". Thus, your regex should be

Code:

\|[0-9]+\|

Also note that the regex engine used in Notepad++ is decidedly unsimilar to the Python one used in Calibre. For example, Notepad++ doesn't support matching regexes across multiple lines. Use the test facilities Calibre provides if you want to construct a regex for Calibre.

02-21-2011, 05:41 AM	#4
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	I see two issues with your regex: First, as itimpi said, the vertical bar has special meaning, you'll need to escape it. Second, the asterisk as quantifier means "zero or more occurences", try using the plus quantifier, which means "one or more occurences". Thus, your regex should be Code: \\|[0-9]+\\| Also note that the regex engine used in Notepad++ is decidedly unsimilar to the Python one used in Calibre. For example, Notepad++ doesn't support matching regexes across multiple lines. Use the test facilities Calibre provides if you want to construct a regex for Calibre.