I'm trying to rename a few hundred magazines using regular expressions in the EDIT METADATA|SEARCH & REPLACE, but I'm not getting anywhere. I read :book2: the reference, :bookworm: but the more I read it the more confused I get. :blink:
Here's a sample of three titles I now have:
The numbers are actually issue (series) numbers. I want to use the search and replace to change them all to look like this:
(The "Fine Woodworking NNN:" part sets the series number, which I can later use the "Clean Metadata" plugin to move it to the series column.)
So, I'm stumped. The part that I can't figure out is how to take the number and repeat it in prepended text as shown, followed by a colon. What's the most painless way to make this happen? I really have no clue.
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Here's a sample of three titles I now have:
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202 (Winter 2009) Tools & Shops 025 (Dec 1980) 178 |
Quote:
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Fine Woodworking 202: Fine Woodworking Magazine № 202 (Winter 2009) Tools & Shops Fine Woodworking 025: Fine Woodworking Magazine № 025 (Dec 1980) Fine Woodworking 178: Fine Woodworking Magazine № 178 |
So, I'm stumped. The part that I can't figure out is how to take the number and repeat it in prepended text as shown, followed by a colon. What's the most painless way to make this happen? I really have no clue.
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Here's my view of the tool I'm using, FYI:
