Regex help please

FrostWolf · 09-21-2014, 07:07 AM

Hi I have a large number of books and need to get into Calibre.

DragonRealm 2 Ice Dragon - Knaak Richard.mobi
Series in series order Title - Author

One hundred percent team - Marcinko Richard.mobi
Title - Author

Can someone please send me the correct regex for recognition?

kite · 09-23-2014, 10:59 PM

(?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+)
is the provided one for title - author

Can't help with the other one, though there are a lot of threads on mobile read that may.

eschwartz · 09-23-2014, 11:50 PM

Try:

Code:

((?P<series>.+) (?P<series_index>\d+) )?(?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+)

Optionally searches for everything up to a number as series, and saves the number as the series index. Everything afterward is the same pattern as the default. If a number is not detected, it will fallback on the regular template. Warning -- If your title has a number in it, and there is no series, the title up to and including the number will be detected as series.

09-21-2014, 07:07 AM	#1
FrostWolf Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Aligator RX430 Extreme	Regex help please Hi I have a large number of books and need to get into Calibre. DragonRealm 2 Ice Dragon - Knaak Richard.mobi Series in series order Title - Author One hundred percent team - Marcinko Richard.mobi Title - Author Can someone please send me the correct regex for recognition?

09-23-2014, 11:50 PM	#3
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Try: Code: ((?P<series>.+) (?P<series_index>\d+) )?(?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+) Optionally searches for everything up to a number as series, and saves the number as the series index. Everything afterward is the same pattern as the default. If a number is not detected, it will fallback on the regular template. Warning -- If your title has a number in it, and there is no series, the title up to and including the number will be detected as series.

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09-23-2014, 10:59 PM	#2
kite enturbulated Posts: 30 Karma: 130494 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Kobo Aura HD	(?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+) is the provided one for title - author Can't help with the other one, though there are a lot of threads on mobile read that may.

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