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ownedbycats · 06-23-2020, 11:36 AM

Question: Any suggestions why this regex in particular would return a blank result on fics tagged "Mass Effect" only on Fanfiction.net? It tested fine and works fine on AO3 so I can't figure out where I made a mistake.

Code:

 category=>(^(?=.*Mass Effect)(?!.*Mass Effect Trilogy).*|Mass Effect - All Media Types)=>Mass Effect Trilogy

I also tried swapping it out for (^(?=.*Mass.Effect) in case there was something going on with a non-standard space, but it also returned blank.

EDIT: I commented out the rest of my replace_metadatas and it replaced fine. I'm trying to identify which one it is messing it up now.

EDIT: And I uncommented each of them and....now it works? I don't understand!

06-23-2020, 11:36 AM	#4239
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,436 Karma: 81367635 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Question: Any suggestions why this regex in particular would return a blank result on fics tagged "Mass Effect" only on Fanfiction.net? It tested fine and works fine on AO3 so I can't figure out where I made a mistake. Code: category=>(^(?=.Mass Effect)(?!.Mass Effect Trilogy).\|Mass Effect - All Media Types)=>Mass Effect Trilogy I also tried swapping it out for (^(?=.Mass.Effect) in case there was something going on with a non-standard space, but it also returned blank. EDIT: I commented out the rest of my replace_metadatas and it replaced fine. I'm trying to identify which one it is messing it up now. EDIT: And I uncommented each of them and....now it works? I don't understand! Last edited by ownedbycats; 06-23-2020 at 11:50 AM.