How do I use String.removeIllegalCharacters() in my custom format?

[MrEthernet]

I'm using the following format expression:

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{n}/{'Season '+s.pad(2)}/{n} - {s00e00.lower()} - {t.removeIllegalCharacters()}

It works great so far but I would also like illegal characters in the season name string to be excluded. How can I achieve this?

I tried the following, but it didn't work as I put the ".removeIllegalCharacters()" in the wrong place:

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{n}/{'Season '+s.pad(2).removeIllegalCharacters()}/{n} - {s00e00.lower()} - {t.removeIllegalCharacters()}

Any ideas?

[kim]

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{n.removeIllegalCharacters()}{'/' + 'Season '+s.pad(2)}{'/' + n.removeIllegalCharacters()}{' - ' + s00e00.lower()}{' - ' + t.removeIllegalCharacters()}

btw: but why

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[b].removeIllegalCharacters()[/b]

[MrEthernet]

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{n.removeIllegalCharacters()}{'/' + 'Season '+s.pad(2)}{'/' + n.removeIllegalCharacters()}{' - ' + s00e00.lower()}{' - ' + t.removeIllegalCharacters()}

Thank you! That works beautifully.

btw: but why

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[b].removeIllegalCharacters()[/b]

I put the tags around it to try to emphasize the part that wasn't working.

Just noticed it didn't bold it anyway! I've taken them back out.

[MrEthernet]

Would you be able to do the same for the format expression for my movies?

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{n.colon(' - ')} ({y})

[rednoah]

String.removeIllegalCharacters() works on every String object, so you can use it anywhere you want.


Sounds like you just want to use {plex} though, which will take care of everything implicitly:
viewtopic.php?t=4116

[MrEthernet]

Sounds like you just want to use {plex} though, which will take care of everything implicitly:
viewtopic.php?t=4116

Thanks. I'm using {plex} now.

Is there any way to view all of the expressions contained within a binding, such as {plex}, in order to see exactly how it will behave and to study it more closely?

For example, I'm not sure if the {plex} binding handles subtitle naming. It would be nice to see exactly what expressions it uses by viewing the code itself. Is this possible by any chance?

[rednoah]

You can inspect Groovy properties for any Object like so:

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{plex.properties}

You can check the code. But running tests on a representative set of files is probably better, because the latter you should be doing anyway.


If you drop a set of files into List then you can prototype format expressions while simultaneously testing it against a number of files, so you can easily test how your format works on different files as you go along.

[MrEthernet]

You can inspect Groovy properties for any Object like so:

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{plex.properties}

Good to know!

You can check the code. But running tests on a representative set of files is probably better, because the latter you should be doing anyway.

Makes sense. I'll probably use a combination of both. I can't code yet and I think it would help me to learn by messing around with some real-world code that is actually useful.

If you drop a set of files into List then you can prototype format expressions while simultaneously testing it against a number of files, so you can easily test how your format works on different files as you go along.

I haven't dabbled with the List tab yet but maybe now's the time!

[MrEthernet]

You can inspect Groovy properties for any Object like so:

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{plex.properties}

I'm guessing that to be able to do that, I would need Groovy and the Java SE Development Kit 8 installed?

So I went ahead and installed them and I think I'm slowly making progress now! The first thing I noticed was that my presets in FileBot had all disappeared. Maybe installing Groovy overwrote some FileBot data or something? Any ideas?

It's not a problem at all, as I already had everything copied into a text file but I'm just curious if you've ever heard of presets all suddenly disappearing like that.

After installing these:



These all vanished:



So anyway, to inspect Groovy properties for an object, would I run something like this in Command Prompt?

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groovy {plex.properties}]

I feel like I need to point Groovy to a directory where it would find the {plex} object defined, maybe the FileBot directory or something? Am I way off base here?

I've also tried using the Groovy Shell but no luck yet.

Sorry, I don't have a coding background, hence my very basic questions!

[rednoah]

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You're way off base. You need neither Java nor Groovy. FileBot uses these technologies as a platform, and FileBot wouldn't work if these technologies weren't already built into the FileBot installer package. Installing Java and Groovy separately, or not, will generally have no effect on FileBot.


Your persistent settings may disappear if you purge the registry. I don't think any of those installers would do that though, especially not on install.



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You can play with Groovy format expressions in the FileBot Format Editor:

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{plex.properties}

Click to open the built-in binding explorer that will show you all the commonly used bindings.

[MrEthernet]

You're way off base. You need neither Java nor Groovy. FileBot uses these technologies as a platform, and FileBot wouldn't work if these technologies weren't already built into the FileBot installer package. Installing Java and Groovy separately, or not, will generally have no effect on FileBot.

Thanks for explaining it so clearly!

Your persistent settings may disappear if you purge the registry. I don't think any of those installers would do that though, especially not on install.

So I decided to do a little experimenting and was able to pinpoint the cause of my vanishing settings as only uninstalling Java 8 Update 251 (64 bit). Just thought I'd mention it. It's not a problem for me - I don't even need Java anyway.

You can play with Groovy format expressions in the FileBot Format Editor:

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{plex.properties}

That's great! It's so much simpler than I was expecting.

I'll be able to get so much more out of FileBot now!