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macnab69 · 06-17-2013, 01:58 AM

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>[^(]+)(?:\(.*\))?

06-17-2013, 01:58 AM	#9
macnab69 Zealot Posts: 129 Karma: 5754 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South Africa Device: Kindle 4	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>[^(]+)(?:\(.*\))?