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kacir · 12-11-2014, 02:15 PM

This works:

Code:

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

Slightly different implementation

Code:

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

I had to put those to "code" tags, because the forum server converted some substrings to smileys ;-)

Install plugin called "Quick preferences" - it contains the first of those REs, I think.
The second one was created by me, I think ;-). Search for my posts and phrase "Regular expression".
The RE covers lots of scenarios, including missing series info, series or series number in brackets - square and regular, varying number/kind of whitespace.

Calibre is programmed in Python, and uses Python version of Regular expressions.

12-11-2014, 02:15 PM	#5
kacir Wizard Posts: 3,463 Karma: 10684861 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20	This works: Code: ^(?P<author>((?!\s-\s).)+)\s-\s(?:(?:\[\s)?(?P<series>.+)\s(?P<series_index>[\d\.]+)(?:\s\])?\s-\s)?(?P<title>[^(]+)(?:\(.\))? Slightly different implementation Code: ^(?P<author>((?!\s-\s).)+)\s-\s(?:(?:[[(]\s)?(?P<series>.+)\s(?P<series_index>[\d\.]+)(?:\s[])])?\s-\s)?(?P<title>[^(]+)(?:\(.\))? I had to put those to "code" tags, because the forum server converted some substrings to smileys ;-) Install plugin called "Quick preferences" - it contains the first of those REs, I think. The second one was created by me, I think ;-). Search for my posts and phrase "Regular expression". The RE covers lots of scenarios, including missing series info, series or series number in brackets - square and regular, varying number/kind of whitespace. Calibre is programmed in Python, and uses Python version of Regular expressions.