Regex help...

Bobthebass · 04-26-2009, 02:45 PM

I have spent the last couple of hours trying to get my head around regex and attempting (mostly in vain!) to use it.

I have been using Book Designer (and also trying in Notepad++)

There are two things I am trying to Find/Replace.

Page numbers in the format (1 of 251)

- I had partial success in this one and was eventually able to do it in 2 steps, first going to () and then replacing that. Would be nice to do it in one step though.

Secondly, time/date eg [4/24/2009 10:29:37 PM]

-The date bit doesn't change, so I can do a standard replace with that. The time changes in different headers though - how can I replace it?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Bob

notsure · 04-26-2009, 03:12 PM

I can probably help with this but I'm not exactly sure what you want to do once you find the text.

If you give me a clear cut example of the before and after for each I can try to write something up in notepad++.

Cheers.

Bobthebass · 04-26-2009, 03:16 PM

I just want to replace with a space.

I'm trying to strip these out of the document before converting to epub.

Cheers.

Nate the great · 04-26-2009, 03:20 PM

Both of these are for Book Designer.Here is the one for page numbers:

\([0-9]{0,3} of [0-9]{0,3}\)

And here is the one for the time and date:

\[4/24/2009 [0-9]{1,2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2} PM\]

Jellby · 04-26-2009, 03:22 PM

With vim's regexp, I'd do:

Page numbers in the format (1 of 251): (\d\+ of \d\+)

Secondly, time/date eg [4/24/2009 10:29:37 PM]: \[4\/24\/2009 \d\+:\d\+:\d\+ [AP]M\]

where:

\d\+: one or more digits
\[, \], \/: literal [, ], or /
[AP]: A or P

And from Nate's reply, I guess for BookDesigner:

\([0-9]{1,3} of [0-9]{1,3}\)
\[4/24/2009 [0-9]{1,2}:[0-9]{1,2}:[0-9]{1,2} [AP]M\]

notsure · 04-26-2009, 03:29 PM

\(\d+ of \d+\)

and

\[\d+\/\d+\/\d+.*\]

That should do it.

Cheers

Bobthebass · 04-26-2009, 04:54 PM

Thanks all for the replies.

All worked, but for some reason BookDesigner would only replace 25 - 30 at a time. I then had to scroll down a bit and then find/replace again.

So in this case it was quicker in Notepad++

But all the same it is really helpful to have the BD examples as it's helped me understand the syntax better.

Cheers,

Bob

04-26-2009, 02:45 PM	#1
Bobthebass Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Regex help... I have spent the last couple of hours trying to get my head around regex and attempting (mostly in vain!) to use it. I have been using Book Designer (and also trying in Notepad++) There are two things I am trying to Find/Replace. Page numbers in the format (1 of 251) - I had partial success in this one and was eventually able to do it in 2 steps, first going to () and then replacing that. Would be nice to do it in one step though. Secondly, time/date eg [4/24/2009 10:29:37 PM] -The date bit doesn't change, so I can do a standard replace with that. The time changes in different headers though - how can I replace it? Any help would be much appreciated. Bob

04-26-2009, 03:22 PM	#5
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,570 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	With vim's regexp, I'd do: Page numbers in the format (1 of 251): (\d\+ of \d\+) Secondly, time/date eg [4/24/2009 10:29:37 PM]: \[4\/24\/2009 \d\+:\d\+:\d\+ [AP]M\] where: \d\+: one or more digits \[, \], \/: literal [, ], or / [AP]: A or P And from Nate's reply, I guess for BookDesigner: \([0-9]{1,3} of [0-9]{1,3}\) \[4/24/2009 [0-9]{1,2}:[0-9]{1,2}:[0-9]{1,2} [AP]M\] Last edited by Jellby; 04-26-2009 at 03:24 PM.

04-26-2009, 03:29 PM	#6
notsure Zealot Posts: 123 Karma: 76 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505, PRS-350	\(\d+ of \d+\) and \[\d+\/\d+\/\d+.\] That should do it. Cheers Last edited by notsure; 04-26-2009 at 03:47 PM. Reason: Made regex slighlty more reliable. :-)*

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04-26-2009, 03:12 PM	#2
notsure Zealot Posts: 123 Karma: 76 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505, PRS-350	I can probably help with this but I'm not exactly sure what you want to do once you find the text. If you give me a clear cut example of the before and after for each I can try to write something up in notepad++. Cheers.

04-26-2009, 03:16 PM	#3
Bobthebass Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	I just want to replace with a space. I'm trying to strip these out of the document before converting to epub. Cheers.

04-26-2009, 03:20 PM	#4
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	Both of these are for Book Designer.Here is the one for page numbers: \([0-9]{0,3} of [0-9]{0,3}\) And here is the one for the time and date: \[4/24/2009 [0-9]{1,2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2} PM\]

04-26-2009, 04:54 PM	#7
Bobthebass Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Thanks all for the replies. All worked, but for some reason BookDesigner would only replace 25 - 30 at a time. I then had to scroll down a bit and then find/replace again. So in this case it was quicker in Notepad++ But all the same it is really helpful to have the BD examples as it's helped me understand the syntax better. Cheers, Bob

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