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Klecks · 05-07-2019, 01:27 PM

Hey famfam,

you can't catch all possible variants of styling in one regex.

First you should try to get rid of all the inline-styling. Either that or leave out the colon from the search-expression:

Code:

(?<!St|Mr|Mrs|Dr|<|\d)(<p[^>]*>\s*|\!|\?|\.|…)( ?|\s*</?[^b|^>]*>\s*?)(»|«|“|”|„)?( ?|\s*</?[^>]*>\s*?)(?<!<b>)([A-ZÖÄÜ])

Otherwise the regex can break things as your example shows:

Code:

<p style="line-height:&lt;b&gt;1&lt;/b&gt;2pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:&lt;b&gt;C&lt;/b&gt;alibri, sans-serif">

is broken. It should be:

Code:

<p style="line-height:12pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">

For catching the first letter of a sentence, following the footnote/endnote, given in your example, you need an extra Regex.
Try:
Search for:

Code:

(<p[^>]*>\s*|\!|\?|\.|…)(»|«|“|”|„)?((?:\s*</?[^>]*>\s*)*)(\[?\d+\]?)((?:</?[^>]*>)*)(\*)?((?:\s*</?[^>]*>\s*)*)(?<!<b>)([A-ZÖÄÜ])

Replace with:

Code:

\1\2\3\4\5\6\7<b>\8</b>

But in the next book the styling could be completely different ... and then the Regex has to be adjusted.

Good luck.
Klecks.

05-07-2019, 01:27 PM	#581
Klecks Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 59154 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Device: Kobo H2O, PocketBook Touch HD, Tolino Vision 4	Hey famfam, you can't catch all possible variants of styling in one regex. First you should try to get rid of all the inline-styling. Either that or leave out the colon from the search-expression: Code: (?<!St\|Mr\|Mrs\|Dr\|<\|\d)(<p[^>]>\s\|\!\|\?\|\.\|…)( ?\|\s</?[^b\|^>]>\s?)(»\|«\|“\|”\|„)?( ?\|\s</?[^>]>\s?)(?<!<b>)([A-ZÖÄÜ]) Otherwise the regex can break things as your example shows: Code: <p style="line-height:<b>1</b>2pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:<b>C</b>alibri, sans-serif"> is broken. It should be: Code: <p style="line-height:12pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"> For catching the first letter of a sentence, following the footnote/endnote, given in your example, you need an extra Regex. Try: Search for: Code: (<p[^>]>\s\|\!\|\?\|\.\|…)(»\|«\|“\|”\|„)?((?:\s</?[^>]>\s))(\[?\d+\]?)((?:</?[^>]>))(\)?((?:\s</?[^>]>\s)*)(?<!<b>)([A-ZÖÄÜ]) Replace with: Code: \1\2\3\4\5\6\7<b>\8</b> But in the next book the styling could be completely different ... and then the Regex has to be adjusted. Good luck. Klecks.