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Old 06-17-2013, 01:58 AM   #9
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If anybody finds this useful:

This regex will accept both of these formats:
author - title
author - [series series_index] title

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