regular expresion (clean the spaces)

leria · 04-05-2011, 06:45 AM

sorry , it is my first regular espresion
the type of files are :

series numberofserie - title - author.epub
title - autor.epub

i have made this

^((?P<series>[^0-9-]*)(?P<series_index>[0-9]*)(\s-\s?)|)?( ??(\s*)(?P<title>[^_].*))(\s-\s)(\s?)(?P<author>[^_].*)

i want clean the left spaces of title , author and series.
i think i have made it for title and author , but i cant do it in the series , can you help me?
thank you a lot

ldolse · 04-05-2011, 06:57 AM

You need to add parts of the expression to basically suck up the spaces outside of your match groups:

Code:

^((?P<series>[^0-9-]*)\s*(?P<series_index>[0-9]+))?\s*(?P<title>[^_].*)\s*(?P<author>[^_].*)

leria · 04-05-2011, 07:27 AM

thanks i think it works

^(\s*(?P<series>[^0-9-]*)(?P<series_index>[0-9]*)(\s-\s?)|)?( ??(\s*)(?P<title>[^_].*))(\s-\s)(?P<author>[^_].*)

but i have another problem

file type

serial serialnumber - title - autho.epub

example:
books of films 10 - Rambo - Silvester.epub > ok
books of films 10 - Rambo - Silvester.epub > ok
books of films - Rambo - Silvester.epub > ok
Rambo - Silvester.epub > ok
Rambo - Silvester.epub > ok

BUT
books of films 10 -Rambo - Silvester.epub >fail
if i have more than one space between the numbre and the "-" it fails

after so many changes I'm lost

done
let me know if you see an error

^(\s*(?P<series>[^0-9]*)(?P<series_index>[0-9]*)\s*(\s-\s)|)?( ??(\s*)(?P<title>[^_].*))(\s-\s)(?P<author>[^_].*)

thanks a lot

itimpi · 04-05-2011, 09:03 AM

I would think that you could replace \s*(\s-\s) with something like \s*-\s* to allow any number of spaces either side of the dash. The current expression REQUIRES there to be at least one space either side.

04-05-2011, 06:45 AM	#1
leria Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: none	regular expresion (clean the spaces) sorry , it is my first regular espresion the type of files are : series numberofserie - title - author.epub title - autor.epub i have made this ^((?P<series>[^0-9-])(?P<series_index>[0-9])(\s-\s?)\|)?( ??(\s)(?P<title>[^_].))(\s-\s)(\s?)(?P<author>[^_].*) i want clean the left spaces of title , author and series. i think i have made it for title and author , but i cant do it in the series , can you help me? thank you a lot

04-05-2011, 06:57 AM	#2
ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	You need to add parts of the expression to basically suck up the spaces outside of your match groups: Code: ^((?P<series>[^0-9-])\s(?P<series_index>[0-9]+))?\s(?P<title>[^_].)\s(?P<author>[^_].)

04-05-2011, 07:27 AM	#3
leria Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: none	thanks i think it works ^(\s(?P<series>[^0-9-])(?P<series_index>[0-9])(\s-\s?)\|)?( ??(\s)(?P<title>[^_].))(\s-\s)(?P<author>[^_].) but i have another problem file type serial serialnumber - title - autho.epub example: books of films 10 - Rambo - Silvester.epub > ok books of films 10 - Rambo - Silvester.epub > ok books of films - Rambo - Silvester.epub > ok Rambo - Silvester.epub > ok Rambo - Silvester.epub > ok BUT books of films 10 -Rambo - Silvester.epub >fail if i have more than one space between the numbre and the "-" it fails after so many changes I'm lost done let me know if you see an error ^(\s(?P<series>[^0-9])(?P<series_index>[0-9])\s(\s-\s)\|)?( ??(\s)(?P<title>[^_].))(\s-\s)(?P<author>[^_].) thanks a lot Last edited by leria; 04-05-2011 at 08:28 AM.*

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04-05-2011, 09:03 AM	#4
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	I would think that you could replace \s(\s-\s) with something like \s-\s* to allow any number of spaces either side of the dash. The current expression REQUIRES there to be at least one space either side.

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