Splitting of multiple authors

Jellby · 04-01-2013, 11:25 AM

While reviewing the translated strings I found this one:

Code:

By default, calibre splits a string containing multiple author names on
ampersands and the words "and" and "with". You can customize the splitting
by changing the regular expression below. Strings are split on whatever the
specified regular expression matches.
Default: r'(?i),?\s+(and|with)\s+'

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me that the description doesn't match the default value, which matches only and/with, with an optional comma. Which is correct?

kovidgoyal · 04-01-2013, 11:34 AM

Splitting on ampersands happens always irrespective of the regex, the regex is really used to specify additional things to split on, I've updated the documentation to make that clearer.

04-01-2013, 11:25 AM	#1
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,548 Karma: 19500001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Splitting of multiple authors While reviewing the translated strings I found this one: Code: By default, calibre splits a string containing multiple author names on ampersands and the words "and" and "with". You can customize the splitting by changing the regular expression below. Strings are split on whatever the specified regular expression matches. Default: r'(?i),?\s+(and\|with)\s+' Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me that the description doesn't match the default value, which matches only and/with, with an optional comma. Which is correct?

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04-01-2013, 11:34 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Splitting on ampersands happens always irrespective of the regex, the regex is really used to specify additional things to split on, I've updated the documentation to make that clearer.

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