Update:Book series embeds in grouping meta tag as semicolon deliminated, book meta tag parser falls back to using grouping tag for series if set #3473

server/utils/parsers/parseSeriesString.js

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+/**
+ * Parse a series string into a name and sequence
+ *
+ * @example
+ * Name #1a => { name: 'Name', sequence: '1a' }
+ * Name #1 => { name: 'Name', sequence: '1' }
+ *
+ * @param {string} seriesString
+ * @returns {{name: string, sequence: string}|null}
+ */
+module.exports.parse = (seriesString) => {
+  if (!seriesString || typeof seriesString !== 'string') return null
+
+  let sequence = null
+  let name = seriesString
+  // Series sequence match any characters after " #" other than whitespace and another #
+  //  e.g. "Name #1a" is valid. "Name #1#a" or "Name #1 a" is not valid.
+  const matchResults = seriesString.match(/ #([^#\s]+)$/) // Pull out sequence #
+  if (matchResults && matchResults.length && matchResults.length > 1) {
+    sequence = matchResults[1] // Group 1
+    name = seriesString.replace(matchResults[0], '')
+  }
+  return {
+    name,
+    sequence
+  }
+}