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ElfN · 12-16-2011, 11:37 AM

I've got this:

{#stripped_title:re(([a-z]+|[A-Z]+|[0-9]+)\s+,)||}

And it works but it's SO not giving me what I want. It strips all but the last word or two of the title and includes apostrophes and commas, strips any trailing "s". Arg.

This is entirely because I don't know exactly what I'm doing. I program but the regex I'm used to using isn't Python and I'm having trouble making the mental switch-over.

I've got a stripped title that works great and I use this field in a number of places.

{title:re(^(A|The|An)\s+,)||}

With a \s+ (why is the "s" being escaped? Not a clue) and a comma. No clue what that's for either.

What I want is a the title with no spaces or punctuation. That's all.

Can someone help?

Thanks.

Nori

theducks · 12-16-2011, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElfN

I
{title:re(^(A|The|An)\s+,)||}

With a \s+ (why is the "s" being escaped? Not a clue) and a comma. No clue what that's for either.

What I want is a the title with no spaces or punctuation. That's all.

Can someone help?

Thanks.

Nori

\s+ Whitespace (0 or more) followed by a comma

Isn't comma space more common?

Manichean · 12-19-2011, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

\s+ Whitespace (0 or more) followed by a comma

Actually, it's one or more. 0 or more would be an asterisk.

theducks · 12-19-2011, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manichean

Actually, it's one or more. 0 or more would be an asterisk.

I was thinking * but still typed +

ElfN · 12-23-2011, 08:57 AM

So, how do I do it? I'm trying to create a file name that's the initials of the author(s) (I can do that), the initials of the series (ditto here) and the first 18 or 20 characters of the title minus any spaces and punctuation. ?

chaley · 12-23-2011, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElfN

... the first 18 or 20 characters of the title minus any spaces and punctuation. ?

This template removes all non-alphabetic characters and shortens the result to a max of 18 characters, which is what I think you are asking for.

Code:

{title:'shorten(re($, '\W', ''), 18, '', 0)'}

ElfN · 12-30-2011, 09:29 AM

I didn't do it the way you described but I got it done. I'm getting this, it's just really slow. I'm a bit of a one trick pony. I learn one way to do things and it's a struggle to integrate other ways of doing it . . . but only at the beginning.

Nesting stuff, which is what you've done with the shorten and the replace, is awesome. I'm going to keep referring back to this.

Thanks.

Nori

12-16-2011, 11:37 AM	#1
ElfN Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Samsung SM-T290	Filename plugboard I've got this: {#stripped_title:re(([a-z]+\|[A-Z]+\|[0-9]+)\s+,)\|\|} And it works but it's SO not giving me what I want. It strips all but the last word or two of the title and includes apostrophes and commas, strips any trailing "s". Arg. This is entirely because I don't know exactly what I'm doing. I program but the regex I'm used to using isn't Python and I'm having trouble making the mental switch-over. I've got a stripped title that works great and I use this field in a number of places. {title:re(^(A\|The\|An)\s+,)\|\|} With a \s+ (why is the "s" being escaped? Not a clue) and a comma. No clue what that's for either. What I want is a the title with no spaces or punctuation. That's all. Can someone help? Thanks. Nori

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12-23-2011, 08:57 AM	#5
ElfN Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Samsung SM-T290	So, how do I do it? I'm trying to create a file name that's the initials of the author(s) (I can do that), the initials of the series (ditto here) and the first 18 or 20 characters of the title minus any spaces and punctuation. ?

12-30-2011, 09:29 AM	#7
ElfN Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Samsung SM-T290	I didn't do it the way you described but I got it done. I'm getting this, it's just really slow. I'm a bit of a one trick pony. I learn one way to do things and it's a struggle to integrate other ways of doing it . . . but only at the beginning. Nesting stuff, which is what you've done with the shorten and the replace, is awesome. I'm going to keep referring back to this. Thanks. Nori