Is this possible using a regular expression?

unabatedshagie · 03-17-2016, 09:03 AM

I've currently got a search/replace filter which searches on the series_index and renames the title of the book prepending the series number.

My search for is: ^(\d{1,2}).0$
My replace with is: #0\1 |

Now the replace works fine if the series has < 10 books but if it's got > 10 I need to run the replace in two passes remembering to remove the 0 from the replace with field if the series_index is 10 or more.

Is it possible to create something which will manage to do the replace properly in one pass assuming the series_index is < 100?

pdurrant · 03-17-2016, 09:29 AM

There might be a way to do what you want, but might I suggest that you don't want to do that?

Much better to use the plugboard facility and only get the series number (& perhaps name) added to the book title when sending the book to your device. See this thread.

unabatedshagie · 03-17-2016, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

There might be a way to do what you want, but might I suggest that you don't want to do that?

Much better to use the plugboard facility and only get the series number (& perhaps name) added to the book title when sending the book to your device. See this thread.

Thanks, I'll have a look at that.

03-17-2016, 09:03 AM	#1
unabatedshagie Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2014 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2	Is this possible using a regular expression? I've currently got a search/replace filter which searches on the series_index and renames the title of the book prepending the series number. My search for is: ^(\d{1,2}).0$ My replace with is: #0\1 \| Now the replace works fine if the series has < 10 books but if it's got > 10 I need to run the replace in two passes remembering to remove the 0 from the replace with field if the series_index is 10 or more. Is it possible to create something which will manage to do the replace properly in one pass assuming the series_index is < 100?

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03-17-2016, 09:29 AM	#2
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,787 Karma: 315126578 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	There might be a way to do what you want, but might I suggest that you don't want to do that? Much better to use the plugboard facility and only get the series number (& perhaps name) added to the book title when sending the book to your device. See this thread.

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