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encapuchado · 06-20-2011, 08:11 PM

Well, following Starsons advice in another thread [use regexp to get info from the file name], I'm close to get the authors listed by <last-name, first-name>.

I found that the default regexp, found in the "Preferences ->Adding Books" menu is almost what I need.

Code:

(?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+)

Thus, for a file named "SuchandSuch - Azimov_Isaac.epub" I got title="SuchandSuch", author="Asimov Isaac".

However, I would like to get author="Asimov, Isaac". Now, AFAIK regexps are for pattern matching, not for string processing. So, my question is if there is a way to get that extra comma between the last name and the first name.

06-20-2011, 08:11 PM	#1
encapuchado Banned Posts: 130 Karma: 7587966 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Mexico Device: Black Sony Touch (650)	Another help with regular expressions Well, following Starsons advice in another thread [use regexp to get info from the file name], I'm close to get the authors listed by <last-name, first-name>. I found that the default regexp, found in the "Preferences ->Adding Books" menu is almost what I need. Code: (?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+) Thus, for a file named "SuchandSuch - Azimov_Isaac.epub" I got title="SuchandSuch", author="Asimov Isaac". However, I would like to get author="Asimov, Isaac". Now, AFAIK regexps are for pattern matching, not for string processing. So, my question is if there is a way to get that extra comma between the last name and the first name.