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chicleeblair · 08-08-2023, 12:55 AM

I've been working on my library(ies) for ages, and in-depth for a month, but I cannot figure out how to do anything with regex search/replace. except send send everything from one column to another.
I''d like to be able to send items with certain tag hierarchies to another column (this happens to be my fandom library, so it's "e." (for episode), "fusion," and any tag containing Book, but it'd be great in my ebooks tool.

In one case it's taking tags that include an & out of one column to another. No matter what type, even when I think it's the regex. I'd want (eg. ^(,*)&(.*)$ it still only wants to send the whole string---even if there's no & in the string. I've tried different ways of using brackets and quotes. I don't know much python, but i've made regex work in many other situations.

Help, please?

08-08-2023, 12:55 AM	#1
chicleeblair Connoisseur Posts: 97 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2018 Device: iPad mini	Mass Search and Replace RegEx Help. I've been working on my library(ies) for ages, and in-depth for a month, but I cannot figure out how to do anything with regex search/replace. except send send everything from one column to another. I''d like to be able to send items with certain tag hierarchies to another column (this happens to be my fandom library, so it's "e." (for episode), "fusion," and any tag containing Book, but it'd be great in my ebooks tool. In one case it's taking tags that include an & out of one column to another. No matter what type, even when I think it's the regex. I'd want (eg. ^(,)&(.)$ it still only wants to send the whole string---even if there's no & in the string. I've tried different ways of using brackets and quotes. I don't know much python, but i've made regex work in many other situations. Help, please?