Thread: Regex Question involving multiple . (periods)
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Old 08-29-2011, 12:01 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by hanbalfrek View Post
Sorry if this has been asked, but I've tried google and searching this forum and came up empty.

I'm trying to import books with author names with multiple periods in them, such as

George R. R. Martin - Game of Thrones

A. A. Attanasio - In Other Worlds

A. Bertram Chandler - All Laced Up

C. S. Friedman - The Wilding

and none of them come up correctly.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
to match only periods, they need to be escaped.

Code:
\.
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