Reg Ex Syntax to Exclude Genres - I'm Missing Something Obvious

GeekyGal · 08-19-2012, 06:40 PM

Dear folks,

I KNOW that I'm missing something which should be obvious. I have tags which I want to exclude from genres in generating a .MOBI catalog. For example, tag

02 Fiction

has some uses, but pretty much wastes catalog space; I have more descriptive sub-categories. I no longer use a + tag for Already Read, but didn't think that would matter. I do want to include 02 Fiction.Mystery, 02 Fiction.F&SF, 02 Fiction.F&SF.Alternate History, etc.

I thought I read the default tooltip correctly to generate the catalog exclusion as either

\[02 Fiction]|\+

or

\[.02 Fiction\]|\+

to exclude the genre, but neither works. Yes, I have read the fine manual, but am just not seeing what I'm doing wrong. I'd like to exclude several tags once I figure this out. Is there a limit on the number of those? How would I write this?

THANK YOU, esteemed wizards.

tilia · 08-19-2012, 08:25 PM

Code:

02 Fiction

will exclude this tag. To exclude more tags use | to separate them:

Code:

02 Fiction.Mystery|02 Fiction.F&SF

If you want to exclude all tags starting with 02 Fiction use

Code:

^02 Fiction

The ^ means starts with.

[ has a special meaning in reg-ex, and a \ in front means that it should be read as a normal character. So if your tag was [02 Fiction] your reg-ex would be \[02 Fiction\]

GeekyGal · 08-19-2012, 10:28 PM

Thank you. Thank you. I knew I was overcomplicating this. Just excluding 02 Fiction also did exclude the subgenres which started with 02 Fiction.Whatever. I just renamed the first tag and left the rest alone. This accomplished exactly what I wanted.

I'm sorry to have had to have asked. As I said, the Reg Ex Help was clear, and I did read it, but for some reason I just wasn't getting it.

I really appreciate the help.

lrui · 08-19-2012, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeekyGal

Dear folks,

I KNOW that I'm missing something which should be obvious. I have tags which I want to exclude from genres in generating a .MOBI catalog. For example, tag

02 Fiction

has some uses, but pretty much wastes catalog space; I have more descriptive sub-categories. I no longer use a + tag for Already Read, but didn't think that would matter. I do want to include 02 Fiction.Mystery, 02 Fiction.F&SF, 02 Fiction.F&SF.Alternate History, etc.

I thought I read the default tooltip correctly to generate the catalog exclusion as either

\[02 Fiction]|\+

or

\[.02 Fiction\]|\+

to exclude the genre, but neither works. Yes, I have read the fine manual, but am just not seeing what I'm doing wrong. I'd like to exclude several tags once I figure this out. Is there a limit on the number of those? How would I write this?

THANK YOU, esteemed wizards.

Code:

02\sFiction\..*

it could match all the contents with string 02 Fiction.

all of this

Code:

include 02 Fiction.Mystery, 02 Fiction.F&SF, 02 Fiction.F&SF.Alternate History

hope it'll be helpful to you.

08-19-2012, 06:40 PM	#1
GeekyGal Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 13888 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle FireHD, Kindle3G, iPad, MacBook, iRex Illiad (ret)	Reg Ex Syntax to Exclude Genres - I'm Missing Something Obvious Dear folks, I KNOW that I'm missing something which should be obvious. I have tags which I want to exclude from genres in generating a .MOBI catalog. For example, tag 02 Fiction has some uses, but pretty much wastes catalog space; I have more descriptive sub-categories. I no longer use a + tag for Already Read, but didn't think that would matter. I do want to include 02 Fiction.Mystery, 02 Fiction.F&SF, 02 Fiction.F&SF.Alternate History, etc. I thought I read the default tooltip correctly to generate the catalog exclusion as either \[02 Fiction]\|\+ or \[.02 Fiction\]\|\+ to exclude the genre, but neither works. Yes, I have read the fine manual, but am just not seeing what I'm doing wrong. I'd like to exclude several tags once I figure this out. Is there a limit on the number of those? How would I write this? THANK YOU, esteemed wizards.

08-19-2012, 08:25 PM	#2
tilia Evangelist Posts: 432 Karma: 1720909 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Voyage, K3	Code: 02 Fiction will exclude this tag. To exclude more tags use \| to separate them: Code: 02 Fiction.Mystery\|02 Fiction.F&SF If you want to exclude all tags starting with 02 Fiction use Code: ^02 Fiction The ^ means starts with. [ has a special meaning in reg-ex, and a \ in front means that it should be read as a normal character. So if your tag was [02 Fiction] your reg-ex would be \[02 Fiction\]

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08-19-2012, 10:28 PM	#3
GeekyGal Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 13888 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle FireHD, Kindle3G, iPad, MacBook, iRex Illiad (ret)	Thank you. Thank you. I knew I was overcomplicating this. Just excluding 02 Fiction also did exclude the subgenres which started with 02 Fiction.Whatever. I just renamed the first tag and left the rest alone. This accomplished exactly what I wanted. I'm sorry to have had to have asked. As I said, the Reg Ex Help was clear, and I did read it, but for some reason I just wasn't getting it. I really appreciate the help.