Creating folder names with tags

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I would like to automatically create folder names when I use the "Convert Tag to Filename" function. I have figured out the basic method of doing this, but I have ran into a problem that I can't figure out.

I work in radio so most of my files look something like this:

Artist: Maroon 5
Title: Girls Like You (Radio Edit)
Album: Girls Like You (Promo CD Single)
Year: 2020

Artist: Maroon 5
Title: Girls Like You (Radio Edit - No Rap) (New Master)
Album: Girls Like You (Promo CD Single)
Year: 2020

Artist: Maroon 5
Title: Girls Like You (Instrumental)
Album: Girls Like You (WAV from label)
Year: 2020

I have multiple versions of the same title with the version name in parentheses included in the %title% field.

Using the song above as an example, I would like Mp3tag to create one folder called:

Maroon 5 - Girls Like You [2020]

and put all of the various versions of this song into that folder.

The problem I have now is that it creates multiple folders (one for each version) because I can't figure out how to strip out the version number in the folder name.

The string I'm currently using is:

C:\Users\djnic\Desktop\Music%artist% - %title% '['%year%']'%artist% - %title% '['%year%']'

(Note: in my string I have a \ between '['%year%']' and %artist% to separate the folder name and the file name but it gets stripped out when I paste it into this post}

I need to strip out anything in parentheses in the "title" field when it creates the folder name. I want the version name in parentheses to stay in the file name, but not in the folder name.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Try to enclose the string in grave accents.

C:\Users\djnic\Desktop\Music\%artist% - %title% '['%year%']'\%artist% - %title% '['%year%']'
->
C:\Users\djnic\Desktop\Music\%artist% - $regexp(%title%,'(.*) \(.*',$1) '['%year%']'\%artist% - %title% '['%year%']'

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Bam! Thanks ohrenkino. That did exactly what I wanted! What's your PayPal? I'll send you a few bucks for the help.

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Great, when it worked.
Your gratitude is reward enough for me.
If you want to donate:
https://www.mp3tag.de/en/donations.html

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I just donated $5 via the link above on your behalf. Thanks again!

One further question, how would I modify this string to remove anything from the title in parentheses. For instance, if a file name has two sets of parentheses like this one:

Girls Like You (Radio Edit) (New Master)

Thanks again

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$regexp(%title%,'(.*?) \(.*',$1)
This influences the greadiness of the repetition operators.

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This modification too can save you time and help you sort out your music.
C:\Users\USER1\Documents\Soulseek Downloads\complete\Ferre Gola\%year% - $regexp(%album%,'(.*) \(.*',$1)[]\$num(%track%,2) - %title%

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Which is only true if you are called USER1 and save your audio files in the documents folder ...
The regular expression depends a lot on the found pattern in the source data. So without that information, it is hard to say whether the regular expression is useful.

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Yes......with the location and folder name,(\%year% - $regexp(%album%,'(.*) \(.*',$1)[]\$num(%track%,2) - %title%)