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Regex capturing not working as one would expect (Failed to compose renaming scheme) #668
I wanted to rename files according to the following scheme:
"original data"
"more data"
>
rename
first middle surname of authors
title
>
surname_f(m)_title
Author McAuthentic
How to waste time with regex
>
mcauthentic_a_how_to_waste... (depends on cutoff)
Adam Adams; Bob Bobsen
Our-Very-Important Book
>
adams_a_bobsen_b_our_very_important_book
...
...
...
the middle names are optional and I already gave up on
I tried to get information from the website, but the description on how users can define wildcards did not cover all necessary information. Googling and a code search was unsuccessful. ChatGPT helped a little but did not get the problem. My regex should do the job according to regex101.com -- compare below -- but I am too inexperienced to rule out a simple error on my behalf. Anyways, Zotero / ZotFile does not accept it and just gives me the full authorLastG that I used, or doesn't capture all necessary info.
Ideal fix: Please provide other means to make such formats easily achievable.
My test-case for the regex capturing:
I am aware that the test-case does not suffice but should still represent a relevant MWE. If it works a sequence of regex's, append's and finally replace and toLower would be enough (hence it must work in sequence). In the end the information from `authorLastG` (eg. `_surname,_firstname_surname2,_firstname2_m.`) should be extracted and the format would look something like this: `{%1_}{%t}`
My regex:
```re
([a-zA-Z]+)\,_([a-zA-Z])?(?:[a-zA-Z_\.]+?(?=[a-zA-Z]+\,|$))?(?:([a-zA-Z]+)\,_([a-zA-Z])?(?:[a-zA-Z_\.]+?(?=[a-zA-Z]+\,|$))?)?
```
ChatGPTs try:
```re
([A-Za-z]+)\s*,\s*([A-Za-z])?(?:[A-Za-z_\.]+?(?=[A-Za-z]+\s*,|$))?(?:\s*,\s*([A-Za-z]+)\s*([A-Za-z])?(?:[A-Za-z_\.]+?(?=[A-Za-z]+\s*,|$))?)?
```
Test:
```json
{
"2": {
"field": "authorLastG",
"operations": [
{
"function": "exec",
"regex": "([a-zA-Z]+)\\,_([a-zA-Z])?(?:[a-zA-Z_\\.]+?(?=[a-zA-Z]+\\,|$))?(?:([a-zA-Z]+)\\,_([a-zA-Z])?(?:[a-zA-Z_\\.]+?(?=[a-zA-Z]+\\,|$))?)?",
"group": 2
},
{
"function": "toLowerCase"
}
]
}
}
```
Some authorLastG test-cases for regex101:
```txt
brunton,_steven_l._kutz,_j._nathan_
bishop,_christopher_m._
sutton,_richard_s._barto,_andrew_g._
cai,_qingpeng_et_al_
konda,_vijay_tsitsiklis,_john_
konda,_vijay_tsitsiklis,_john
li,_yuxi_
lillicrap,_timothy_p._et_al_
mcauthentic,__
tsitsiklis,_john_n_van_roy,_benjamin_
sutton,_richard_s._et_al
sutton,_richard_s._barto,_andrew_g.
mitchell,_thomas
szepesvari,_c.
```
I tried to get information from the website, but the description on how users can define wildcards did not cover all necessary information. Googling and a code search was unsuccessful. ChatGPT helped a little but did not get the problem. My regex should do the job according to regex101.com -- compare below -- but I am too inexperienced to rule out a simple error on my behalf. Anyways, Zotero / ZotFile does not accept it and just gives me the full
authorLastGthat I used, or doesn't capture all necessary info.Zotero-Version: 6.0.33 (homebrew) ZotFile-Version: 5.1.2 OS: macOS
Ideal fix: Please provide other means to make such formats easily achievable.
My test-case for the regex capturing:
I am aware that the test-case does not suffice but should still represent a relevant MWE. If it works a sequence of regex's, append's and finally replace and toLower would be enough (hence it must work in sequence). In the end the information from `authorLastG` (eg. `_surname,_firstname_surname2,_firstname2_m.`) should be extracted and the format would look something like this: `{%1_}{%t}` My regex: ```re ([a-zA-Z]+)\,_([a-zA-Z])?(?:[a-zA-Z_\.]+?(?=[a-zA-Z]+\,|$))?(?:([a-zA-Z]+)\,_([a-zA-Z])?(?:[a-zA-Z_\.]+?(?=[a-zA-Z]+\,|$))?)? ``` ChatGPTs try: ```re ([A-Za-z]+)\s*,\s*([A-Za-z])?(?:[A-Za-z_\.]+?(?=[A-Za-z]+\s*,|$))?(?:\s*,\s*([A-Za-z]+)\s*([A-Za-z])?(?:[A-Za-z_\.]+?(?=[A-Za-z]+\s*,|$))?)? ``` Test: ```json { "2": { "field": "authorLastG", "operations": [ { "function": "exec", "regex": "([a-zA-Z]+)\\,_([a-zA-Z])?(?:[a-zA-Z_\\.]+?(?=[a-zA-Z]+\\,|$))?(?:([a-zA-Z]+)\\,_([a-zA-Z])?(?:[a-zA-Z_\\.]+?(?=[a-zA-Z]+\\,|$))?)?", "group": 2 }, { "function": "toLowerCase" } ] } } ```Some
```txt brunton,_steven_l._kutz,_j._nathan_ bishop,_christopher_m._ sutton,_richard_s._barto,_andrew_g._ cai,_qingpeng_et_al_ konda,_vijay_tsitsiklis,_john_ konda,_vijay_tsitsiklis,_john li,_yuxi_ lillicrap,_timothy_p._et_al_ mcauthentic,__ tsitsiklis,_john_n_van_roy,_benjamin_ sutton,_richard_s._et_al sutton,_richard_s._barto,_andrew_g. mitchell,_thomas szepesvari,_c. ```authorLastGtest-cases for regex101: