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dempan · 07-28-2013, 03:01 PM

oh gosh i am very bad in regex and here i have i very big quest. may somebody has a solution.

[author: last name, first name(s)] [optional more authors: [; first name last name] or and [(et al.)]] [optional editor version: [(ed.)] [optional year: [(XXXX)] after that, all the time [ - ] [title] [optional edition [(2nd ed) or (3rd ed.) ...or ... (7th ed.) [extension: [. [pdf] or [epub] or [mobi] or [doc] or [docx] or [lit] ...

example 1: Heidegger, Martin (1930) - Essence of Human Freedom.doc

or

example 2: Hofmann, Stefan G.; Patricia M. DiBartolo (ed.)(2010) - Social Anxiety. Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives (2nd ed.).pdf

or

example 3: Hick, Darren Hudson; Craig Derksen (et al.) - Righteous Art Anger.epub

looks hardcore. thanks in advance.

07-28-2013, 03:01 PM	#1
dempan Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: pdf reader	Extract MetaData from difficult file names oh gosh i am very bad in regex and here i have i very big quest. may somebody has a solution. [author: last name, first name(s)] [optional more authors: [; first name last name] or and [(et al.)]] [optional editor version: [(ed.)] [optional year: [(XXXX)] after that, all the time [ - ] [title] [optional edition [(2nd ed) or (3rd ed.) ...or ... (7th ed.) [extension: [. [pdf] or [epub] or [mobi] or [doc] or [docx] or [lit] ... example 1: Heidegger, Martin (1930) - Essence of Human Freedom.doc or example 2: Hofmann, Stefan G.; Patricia M. DiBartolo (ed.)(2010) - Social Anxiety. Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives (2nd ed.).pdf or example 3: Hick, Darren Hudson; Craig Derksen (et al.) - Righteous Art Anger.epub looks hardcore. thanks in advance.