Need help with expressions

MMAC · 04-25-2011, 03:26 AM

Hi,

Who can help me out?
All my books are stored:
author - series - title OR author - title

I tried (?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<series>.+) - (?P<title>.+)

It doens't do what I want:

Abkoude, Chris van - Pietje Bell 2 - Pietje Bell's goocheltoeren.epub
is showing:
Title: Pietje Bell' (missing "s goocheltoeren")
Author: Abkoude, Chris van (which is OK)
Series: Pietje Bell 2 (which is OK)

But

Beckman, Thea - Een bos vol spoken.epub

is showing author and title in the field Title.

All help appreciated!

ldolse · 04-25-2011, 04:35 AM

Moderator Notice
Moved to appropriate sub-forum

Try this - you need to change the expression to accommodate your actual titles, which use '-' vs. '_' between items and series are optional:

Code:

(?P<author>[^-]+) - ((?P<series>[^-]+) - )?(?P<title>.+)

That should fix your second problem. Not certain why it's dropping the title components after a quote, I suspect that's a bug.

MMAC · 04-25-2011, 06:49 AM

Works great. Thank you so much!

04-25-2011, 03:26 AM	#1
MMAC Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Sony PRS 650	Need help with expressions Hi, Who can help me out? All my books are stored: author - series - title OR author - title I tried (?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<series>.+) - (?P<title>.+) It doens't do what I want: Abkoude, Chris van - Pietje Bell 2 - Pietje Bell's goocheltoeren.epub is showing: Title: Pietje Bell' (missing "s goocheltoeren") Author: Abkoude, Chris van (which is OK) Series: Pietje Bell 2 (which is OK) But Beckman, Thea - Een bos vol spoken.epub is showing author and title in the field Title. All help appreciated!

04-25-2011, 04:35 AM	#2
ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123457 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	Moderator Notice Moved to appropriate sub-forum Try this - you need to change the expression to accommodate your actual titles, which use '-' vs. '_' between items and series are optional: Code: (?P<author>[^-]+) - ((?P<series>[^-]+) - )?(?P<title>.+) That should fix your second problem. Not certain why it's dropping the title components after a quote, I suspect that's a bug.

04-25-2011, 06:49 AM	#3
MMAC Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Sony PRS 650	Thanks! Works great. Thank you so much!

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