Changing Firstnam Lastname to Lastname, Fisrtname Problem

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#1

As the title says, I have a problem regarding the swapping of firstname lastname. If it is just one set, I can do it with a regex. But having a list (FN LN; FN LN; FN LN;...), I don't get the propper result. I tried a few examples from the forum and ended with:

[#0]
T=5
F=COMPOSERSORT
1=%COMPOSER%

[#1]
T=2
F=COMPOSERSORT
1=; 
2=;
3=0|0

[#2]
T=4
F=COMPOSERSORT
1=([^;]+)\\\\s([^;]+)
2= $2, $1
3=0which leaves me with the right result, only I still have to cut away a leading extra space.

But my problem is, that I need it all in one action, not three. What I wood like to have is something like that:

T=5
F=COMPOSERSORT
1=$if2(%composersort%,$regexp($regexp(%composer%,(.*?) (\\\\w*)(', '|$),$2', '$1; ),; $,))But working with a list, and not just one name. As I only want to change the field, if it not filled, I can't use the long example, as it would make changes regardless if it is empty or not.

Has anyone of you a good idea?

#2

See there ...
Composersort mit mehreren Personen
Does it work for you?

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#3

Thank You Detlev!
I had it in my collection allready, but it does not seem to work for me.
Tell me if I used it correctly: [#1]

T=5
F=COMPOSERSORT
1=$cutRight($regexp(%COMPOSER%', ','(.*?)\\\\s(\\\\w*),\\\\s','$2, $1; '),2)If I use it, I on: FN1 LN1; FN2 LN2; FN3 LN3

I get: LN3, FN1 LN1; FN2 LN2; FN3

Using Pone solution from the same thread, I get the same result.
I don't know if I implemented it correctly, but it is not the result I hoped for.

I thing I found almost all the offered solutions from the forum, but either it is my missusing them or they don't work for me.

#4

The example formatstring accepts the comma as the input separator and writes the semicolon as the output separator:

$cutRight($regexp(%COMPOSER%', ','(.*?)\s(\w*),\s','$2, $1; '),2)

Example:

"Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ferruccio Busoni" ->

"Bach, Johann Sebastian; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Busoni, Ferruccio"

You have to adapt the example formatstring to your case, which uses the semicolon as the input separator:

$cutRight($regexp(%COMPOSER%'; ','(.*?)\s(\w*);\s','$2, $1; '),2)

Example:

"Johann Sebastian Bach; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Ferruccio Busoni" ->

"Bach, Johann Sebastian; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Busoni, Ferruccio"

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#5

That's it. Now it works.
Once again thank you for your help!