Multiple Field Regular Expressions

TheDauthi · 09-14-2012, 12:14 AM

I imagine this can be done in Calibre already, but I'm not seeing how to do it, so maybe someone can enlighten me.

Is there a way, during a bulk metadata edit, to set fields from more than one match? IE, put \1 into series, \2 into series_index, and \3 into title? If not directly, any ideas on how to approach doing so? (I'm a perl programmer; using regexes to extract data is second nature. I just don't see how to get it from the captures to the fields easily)

kovidgoyal · 09-14-2012, 02:01 AM

Run it multiple times. The first time put \1 into series. The second time put \2 into series_index and so on.

TheDauthi · 09-14-2012, 03:21 AM

Thanks. That's what I was doing, I was just hoping to do it in one fell swoop.

09-14-2012, 12:14 AM	#1
TheDauthi Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Nook	Multiple Field Regular Expressions I imagine this can be done in Calibre already, but I'm not seeing how to do it, so maybe someone can enlighten me. Is there a way, during a bulk metadata edit, to set fields from more than one match? IE, put \1 into series, \2 into series_index, and \3 into title? If not directly, any ideas on how to approach doing so? (I'm a perl programmer; using regexes to extract data is second nature. I just don't see how to get it from the captures to the fields easily)

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09-14-2012, 02:01 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,198 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Run it multiple times. The first time put \1 into series. The second time put \2 into series_index and so on.

09-14-2012, 03:21 AM	#3
TheDauthi Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Nook	Thanks. That's what I was doing, I was just hoping to do it in one fell swoop.

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