Remove all Characters after Group of Digits

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Remove all Characters after Group of Digits

Postby tafkam4055 » Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:53 pm

Hi All,

Any help would be really useful and appreciated

I've tried some RegEx stuff, but it's beyond me :/

So I have my comic Collection I'm looking to rename, I used to add things like Volume, Publisher & Year after the Issue Number. Realize now it looks too messy for me.

I'm looking to Erase all characters after the first group of Digits with a space in front of it
Digit group might be 2-4 characters long. I hope this makes sense

Example:

Spider-Man 002 2009 Vol 4 Marvel -> Spider-Man 001
BatMan 02 DC Vol 3 2014 -> BatMan 02

Again any help would be amazing
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Re: Remove all Characters after Group of Digits

Postby therube » Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:02 pm

I think this will do it...


1:RegEx
Code: Select all
Match:  (\D.*?\s\d+)\s
Replace:  \1


non-digit, followed by anything, non-greedy, followed by a space & a set of digit(s), removing the following space & everything else
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Re: Remove all Characters after Group of Digits

Postby tafkam4055 » Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:36 pm

Thank you so much!!
You've saved me so much time
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Re: Remove all Characters after Group of Digits

Postby tafkam4055 » Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:32 pm

therube wrote:1:RegEx
Code: Select all
Match:  (\D.*?\s\d+)\s
Replace:  \1


Hey, are you still on here? Can I say you a couple of bucks via PayPal to say thanks?
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Re: Remove all Characters after Group of Digits

Postby therube » Mon Jan 02, 2023 10:25 pm

Me, no.
(There are those that are far more knowledgeable on this this stuff then I.)


But you could donate to BRU, https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Buy.php.



(Anyhow, thanks for the thought, & have a good year.)
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