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MSWallack · 04-21-2010, 02:03 PM

I thought that I was making good progress, but now I'm stumped. Some of my files don't have a series. For example:

King, Stephen - Under the Dome.epub

Here is the RE:

^(?P<author>([^\-_0-9]+)(?=\s*-\s*)(?!\s*-\s*[0-9.]+)|\b)(\s*-\s*)?(?P<title>([^\-_\[\(]+)) ((\[(?P<series>[^0-9\-]+) (- )?\#?(?P<series_index>[0-9.]+)\]))?

When I test that RE on that filename in Calibre, I get the following results:

Title: Under the
Author: _Stephen King [I've used an underscore to indicate a space that Calibre is putting bofore the author's name]

I can't quite figure out where the RE is breaking.

Thanks again for the help.

04-21-2010, 02:03 PM	#27
MSWallack Right, Except When Wrong Posts: 363 Karma: 4323767 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Indianapolis Device: Kindle Oasis 3 (sometimes iPad Mini).	I thought that I was making good progress, but now I'm stumped. Some of my files don't have a series. For example: King, Stephen - Under the Dome.epub Here is the RE: ^(?P<author>([^\-_0-9]+)(?=\s-\s)(?!\s-\s[0-9.]+)\|\b)(\s-\s)?(?P<title>([^\-_\[\(]+)) ((\[(?P<series>[^0-9\-]+) (- )?\#?(?P<series_index>[0-9.]+)\]))? When I test that RE on that filename in Calibre, I get the following results: Title: Under the Author: _Stephen King [I've used an underscore to indicate a space that Calibre is putting bofore the author's name] I can't quite figure out where the RE is breaking. Thanks again for the help.