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DyckBook · 10-15-2021, 01:17 PM

Does anyone have an example of using the BuiltinAdd template language function in a search and replace? It looks like this in the manual...

add(x [, y]*)
class calibre.utils.formatter_functions.BuiltinAdd

I don't know enough about Python or Regex to build my own, but might be able to modify whatever help you can give to meet my need. That need is that I have an e-book where the note references are out of sync between the chapters and the notes page. I looks like this function might be able to add a few digits to every chapter reference to make them agree, instead of having to make 286 changes manually.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give. In case you're tempted to tell me to just buckle down and learn this, I agree. But, I'm well into my seventies and my calcified brain learns new things so slowly now that I fear I'll be dead before I can figure this out on my own.

10-15-2021, 01:17 PM	#1
DyckBook Morlock Posts: 34 Karma: 2734796 Join Date: Oct 2021 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	BuiltinAdd template language function Does anyone have an example of using the BuiltinAdd template language function in a search and replace? It looks like this in the manual... add(x [, y]*) class calibre.utils.formatter_functions.BuiltinAdd I don't know enough about Python or Regex to build my own, but might be able to modify whatever help you can give to meet my need. That need is that I have an e-book where the note references are out of sync between the chapters and the notes page. I looks like this function might be able to add a few digits to every chapter reference to make them agree, instead of having to make 286 changes manually. Thanks in advance for any help you can give. In case you're tempted to tell me to just buckle down and learn this, I agree. But, I'm well into my seventies and my calcified brain learns new things so slowly now that I fear I'll be dead before I can figure this out on my own.