Regular Expressions Help

lauralein · 11-12-2013, 05:16 PM

Hi everyone,

most of my ebooks are sorted using the following structure: author, series seriesnumber, title.

While importing these books into calibre, i use following regular expression:

(?P<author>((?!\s-\s).)*)\s-(?:\s(?P<series>((?!\s-\s).)*)\s-)?(?:\s(?P<series_index>((?!\s-\s).)*)\s-)?\s(?P<title>.*)

Now it will sort author, series and title automatically. Only the series_index will not display properly. Where is the fault in the expression setting?

lauralein · 11-12-2013, 08:05 PM

Solution found, thread can be closed.

(?P<author>[^_-]+) -?\s*(\[|\()?\s*(?P<series>[^_0-9\[\(-]*)(?P<series_index>[0-9.]*)\s*(\]|\))?\s*-\s*(?P<title>[^_\[\(]+)\s*

11-12-2013, 05:16 PM	#1
lauralein Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: Pocketbook touch lux	Regular Expressions Help Hi everyone, most of my ebooks are sorted using the following structure: author, series seriesnumber, title. While importing these books into calibre, i use following regular expression: (?P<author>((?!\s-\s).))\s-(?:\s(?P<series>((?!\s-\s).))\s-)?(?:\s(?P<series_index>((?!\s-\s).))\s-)?\s(?P<title>.) Now it will sort author, series and title automatically. Only the series_index will not display properly. Where is the fault in the expression setting?

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11-12-2013, 08:05 PM	#2
lauralein Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: Pocketbook touch lux	Solution found, thread can be closed. (?P<author>[^_-]+) -?\s(\[\|\()?\s(?P<series>[^_0-9\[\(-])(?P<series_index>[0-9.])\s(\]\|\))?\s-\s(?P<title>[^_\[\(]+)\s

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