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ZaMotH · 09-27-2011, 10:35 AM

I tired again and got some good things ... withou the author

Here are all my possible filename list :
1) Series # 00.zip
2) Series # 00 - Title.zip
3) Series # 00 - Title [author].zip
4) Series # 00 [Author].zip
5) Title.zip
6) Title [Author].zip

Without the author, I found out that this would work perfectly for 1, 2 and 5
(?P<series>.+) # (?P<series_index>\d+)( - (?P<title>.+)|)

For case 1, series and series_index are filled, AND title = Series # 00
For case 2, series, index and title are filled
For case 3 title is filled

But everytime I try to add the " [Author]", I get messed up all around.
I know the parsing should go like ( \[(?P<author>.+)\[)
But I can not make it conditional
added a "?" at the end, but after reading some other forums, I do not fully understant the "?" meaning
Tried the trick (( \[(?P<author>.+)\[)|), but that throws me the error "Attribute editor :'Nonetype' object has no attribute replace"

Can anyone help ?

09-27-2011, 10:35 AM	#2
ZaMotH Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: IQ pocketbook	tried some more ... I tired again and got some good things ... withou the author Here are all my possible filename list : 1) Series # 00.zip 2) Series # 00 - Title.zip 3) Series # 00 - Title [author].zip 4) Series # 00 [Author].zip 5) Title.zip 6) Title [Author].zip Without the author, I found out that this would work perfectly for 1, 2 and 5 (?P<series>.+) # (?P<series_index>\d+)( - (?P<title>.+)\|) For case 1, series and series_index are filled, AND title = Series # 00 For case 2, series, index and title are filled For case 3 title is filled But everytime I try to add the " [Author]", I get messed up all around. I know the parsing should go like ( \[(?P<author>.+)\[) But I can not make it conditional added a "?" at the end, but after reading some other forums, I do not fully understant the "?" meaning Tried the trick (( \[(?P<author>.+)\[)\|), but that throws me the error "Attribute editor :'Nonetype' object has no attribute replace" Can anyone help ?