Little Help with Metadata from Filename needed

plunderydoo · 09-06-2009, 07:31 AM

Hi everybody,

i want to import some series of ebooks.
So far have a almost working Regex:
(?P<series>[^_]+) - book (?P<series_index>[0-9]*) - (?P<author>[^_-]+) - (?P<title>.[^_]+)

the Filename would be: Seriesname - booknr 0000 - bookauthor - booktitle

The thing which is not working properly ist the number.
Instead of importing four digits to Series index I always end up with two digits divided by a dot.

I.e. instead of 0007 it imports 7.0

I have found this: {series_index:0>3s} in another thread, but i always get errors when trying using it.

Hope thats somebody got an Idea, because for my opinion calibre is the most usefull ebooktool around and i would really like to use it.

Thanks a lot

PL

itimpi · 09-06-2009, 07:51 AM

I suspect everything is working exactly as it should. In Calibre the series is now stored in the form x.xx. This was introduced as a result of many requests to allow books to be inserted in series between the existing entries.

plunderydoo · 09-06-2009, 08:14 AM

Hello itimpi,

thanks for the fast response.

That makes sense.

Is there still a way to fill up the first three digits to have a numbering like 0000.0 ?
I have tried multiple [0-9] but this have no effect.

Best regards
PL

itimpi · 09-06-2009, 08:57 AM

I do not believe so when storing the values in the Calibre metadata.

It is possible to get the leading zeroes added when using the "Save To Disk" option. I remember it being mentioned in another thread, but I cannot remember exactly how it was done.

plunderydoo · 09-06-2009, 09:34 AM

Hello itimpi,

the numbering changes to normal (without dot) when i turn of in settings the roman numbering.

Thanks anyway

cu
PL

09-06-2009, 07:31 AM	#1
plunderydoo Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 412 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: WinMobile, Hanvon N516 w. OpenInkPot, eLyricon EBX-500, Iphone 3GS	Little Help with Metadata from Filename needed Hi everybody, i want to import some series of ebooks. So far have a almost working Regex: (?P<series>[^_]+) - book (?P<series_index>[0-9]*) - (?P<author>[^_-]+) - (?P<title>.[^_]+) the Filename would be: Seriesname - booknr 0000 - bookauthor - booktitle The thing which is not working properly ist the number. Instead of importing four digits to Series index I always end up with two digits divided by a dot. I.e. instead of 0007 it imports 7.0 I have found this: {series_index:0>3s} in another thread, but i always get errors when trying using it. Hope thats somebody got an Idea, because for my opinion calibre is the most usefull ebooktool around and i would really like to use it. Thanks a lot PL

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09-06-2009, 07:51 AM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	I suspect everything is working exactly as it should. In Calibre the series is now stored in the form x.xx. This was introduced as a result of many requests to allow books to be inserted in series between the existing entries.

09-06-2009, 08:14 AM	#3
plunderydoo Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 412 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: WinMobile, Hanvon N516 w. OpenInkPot, eLyricon EBX-500, Iphone 3GS	Hello itimpi, thanks for the fast response. That makes sense. Is there still a way to fill up the first three digits to have a numbering like 0000.0 ? I have tried multiple [0-9] but this have no effect. Best regards PL

09-06-2009, 08:57 AM	#4
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	I do not believe so when storing the values in the Calibre metadata. It is possible to get the leading zeroes added when using the "Save To Disk" option. I remember it being mentioned in another thread, but I cannot remember exactly how it was done.

09-06-2009, 09:34 AM	#5
plunderydoo Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 412 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: WinMobile, Hanvon N516 w. OpenInkPot, eLyricon EBX-500, Iphone 3GS	Hello itimpi, the numbering changes to normal (without dot) when i turn of in settings the roman numbering. Thanks anyway cu PL

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