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droodled · 11-02-2025, 11:33 AM

Dear All,

Is there someone that can help me with this one.

Been trying many things using regular expressions, but seem to not be able to grasp it to get it working.

All I want is using the book title, and extract from it 4 items.
-Series index
-Title
-Author
-Series

Tried below expressions, but can't get it to work. Only when I leave the index in the booktitle part will it of course use alphabetical order, but that's not what I'd prefer.

Example bookname:
11 - Een Kuil Voor Een Ander - Baantjer, A.C. - Baantjer en de Waal.epub

(?P<series_index>.+) - (?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>.+) - (?P<series>.+)
Shows a number with floating point, this case 11.0

(?P<series_order>.+) - (?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>.+) - (?P<series>.+)
Does not pickup the number 11 to be used in the custom Series ID column

Thanks for any hints or tips.

Best regards,

11-02-2025, 11:33 AM	#7
droodled Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2025 Device: Sony PRS-600	Dear All, Is there someone that can help me with this one. Been trying many things using regular expressions, but seem to not be able to grasp it to get it working. All I want is using the book title, and extract from it 4 items. -Series index -Title -Author -Series Tried below expressions, but can't get it to work. Only when I leave the index in the booktitle part will it of course use alphabetical order, but that's not what I'd prefer. Example bookname: 11 - Een Kuil Voor Een Ander - Baantjer, A.C. - Baantjer en de Waal.epub (?P<series_index>.+) - (?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>.+) - (?P<series>.+) Shows a number with floating point, this case 11.0 (?P<series_order>.+) - (?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>.+) - (?P<series>.+) Does not pickup the number 11 to be used in the custom Series ID column Thanks for any hints or tips. Best regards,