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davidfor · 01-23-2019, 02:33 AM

I started with:

Search field: title
Search for:

Code:

.*- (\d+) (\w{3}).*

Replace with: \2 \1
Destination field: pubdate

And that worked (though I didn't try all months). Then I thought to try:

Search field: title
Search for:

Code:

.*- (\d+) (\w+)

Replace with: \2 \1
Destination field: pubdate

And it worked as well.

But, the simplest is:

Search field: title
Search for:

Code:

.*- (.*)

Replace with: \1
Destination field: pubdate

None of these would handle a second dash in the title. And it will fail if the month is misspelt.

01-23-2019, 02:33 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	I started with: Search field: title Search for: Code: .- (\d+) (\w{3}). Replace with: \2 \1 Destination field: pubdate And that worked (though I didn't try all months). Then I thought to try: Search field: title Search for: Code: .- (\d+) (\w+) Replace with: \2 \1 Destination field: pubdate And it worked as well. But, the simplest is: Search field: title Search for: Code: .- (.*) Replace with: \1 Destination field: pubdate None of these would handle a second dash in the title. And it will fail if the month is misspelt.