Help creating a simple expression

santiagodraco · 05-24-2012, 06:14 PM

Hell all,

I'm trying to simplify my ebook import, short term, so I can get my library loaded for a trip. Here's what I'm trying to do:

Pretty much all of my files start with the Author name followed by the Series and/or title. What I want to do is simply import ALL files using the first words before the first - as the author. All the rest as the title.

When I run these expressions:

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

Or variations I keep getting a ton of authors even though all the files are correctly formatted.

Any help would be appreciated!

santiagodraco · 05-24-2012, 06:30 PM

Please disregard. I found the extra example string in the add books configuration page and it seems to be working great

Cheers.

05-24-2012, 06:14 PM	#1
santiagodraco Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: iPad	Help creating a simple expression Hell all, I'm trying to simplify my ebook import, short term, so I can get my library loaded for a trip. Here's what I'm trying to do: Pretty much all of my files start with the Author name followed by the Series and/or title. What I want to do is simply import ALL files using the first words before the first - as the author. All the rest as the title. When I run these expressions: (?P<author>.+) - (?P<series>[^_]+) - (?P<title>[^_]+) (?P<author>.+) - (?P<title>[^_]+) (?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<title>,+) Or variations I keep getting a ton of authors even though all the files are correctly formatted. Any help would be appreciated!

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05-24-2012, 06:30 PM	#2
santiagodraco Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: iPad	Please disregard. I found the extra example string in the add books configuration page and it seems to be working great Cheers.

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