regex in calibre editor

mrmikel · 02-01-2014, 08:46 AM

I am having trouble getting regex shown in other sections of mobileread to work in the editor. I doubt it is a fault of the editor, but just a flavor that doesn't match up.

I am trying to capitalize a lower case letter in the middle of a name, such as Charles r. Hansen.

using (space)\U\1(space) in replace gives an error.

theducks · 02-01-2014, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmikel

I am having trouble getting regex shown in other sections of mobileread to work in the editor. I doubt it is a fault of the editor, but just a flavor that doesn't match up.

I am trying to capitalize a lower case letter in the middle of a name, such as Charles r. Hansen.

using (space)\U\1(space) in replace gives an error.

What is your Capture?
remember to escape the period: <space>([a-z]\.)<space>

kovidgoyal · 02-01-2014, 10:39 AM

\U is not supported by the regex engine the editor uses. In an upcoming release, I will be adding the ability to define actual functions as the replacement text which will allow you to do all sorts of sophisticated text processing. Uppercasing being just one of them.

02-01-2014, 08:46 AM	#1
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	regex in calibre editor I am having trouble getting regex shown in other sections of mobileread to work in the editor. I doubt it is a fault of the editor, but just a flavor that doesn't match up. I am trying to capitalize a lower case letter in the middle of a name, such as Charles r. Hansen. using (space)\U\1(space) in replace gives an error.

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02-01-2014, 10:39 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,222 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	\U is not supported by the regex engine the editor uses. In an upcoming release, I will be adding the ability to define actual functions as the replacement text which will allow you to do all sorts of sophisticated text processing. Uppercasing being just one of them.

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