Custom Case for Artist Names in Tags

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1

Hello there,

I have an action which forces uppercase on tags.

Now I am wondering if there is a way to force exact case for bank names which have specific capitalisation. For example, 'InMe' instead of 'INME' or 'inme'.

I know you prefer plain English descriptions, so I include the key which states what everything means within the code, which I created back in July 18.

T=Action
T=1 'Case conversion'
T=2 'Replace'
T=3 Not listed in action types
T=4 'Regular expression'
T=5 'Format value'
T=6 'Remove duplicate fields'
T=7 'Guess values'
T=8 'Merge duplicate fields'
T=9 'Remove fields'
T=10 'Remove fields except'
T=11 'Convert codepage'
T=12 'Import cover from file'
T=13 'Export cover to file'
T=14 'Import text file'
T=15 'Export'
T=16 'Split field by seperator'

F=Field

1=Original string
2=Replace original string with
3=0 Means 'only as whole word' and 'case-sensitive comparison' not selected
3=1|0 Means 'only as whole word' selected and 'case-sensitive comparison' not selected
3=0|1 Means 'only as whole word' not selected and 'case-sensitive comparison' selected
3=1|1 Means 'only as whole word' selected and 'case-sensitive comparison' selected

Existing forcing uppercase:
    ! Artist UPPERCASE Conversion List (Initiate)=

[#67]
T=5
! Artist and Band UPPERCASE Conversion (Start)=
F=ARTIST_LIST
1=abba|adda|absrdst|acdc|ac dc|akdong musician|bkpr|blk jks|bts|chllngr|chvrches|chll pll|dfrnt|diiv|dmc|dnce|drwn|dtcv|dwntwn|dvsn|dvsr|exo-k|grmln|haim|htrk|hxlt|inxs|jmsn|jpnsgrls|kaytranada|kda|kshmr|ladybaby|lany|lee hi|lndn drgs|lnzndrf|lvthn|mgmt|mika|mnek|mndrmnek|ms mr|mstrkrft|n sync|nsync|partynextdoor|pwr bttm|pza|rdgldgrn|rkcb|rlyr|r\u00dcf\u00dcs du sol|rvivr|ry x|sbtrkt|shxcxchcxsh|sophie|stnnng|strfkr|swmrs|tnght|tr/st|tts|tstr|walk the moon|wzrd|u2|u-kiss|unkle|wstrn|xtrmst|zayn

[#68]
T=4
F=_ALL
1=$regexp(%_all%,(?i)\\b(%artist_list%)\\b,\\U$1\\E)
2=
3=0

[#69]
T=9
! Artist UPPERCASE Conversion List (End and Delete)=
F=ARTIST_LIST

I hope you can help, thank you in advance.

2

To replace one text constant (here: name found in tags) with another (here: special capitalization) there is either the action "Replace" or the $replace() function.

3

Thanks for your reply. I have had a think about this and am not sure how to practically apply your suggestion to this example.

So let's say that there are a list of artists which have particular capitalisation, like the original example I have, how would I incorporate this into the existing action?

4

You would have to create actions with the pairs of search and replace words with the correct case in the replace word.

5

Are you saying that I would have to create a new action for each artist name? This can't be achieved within one action for multiple artists, like in the original code I showed which deals with multiple artists changing case from lower to upper?

6

Basically yes.
As there is no rule that can be applied like "put everything you find in capitals", you have to treat every name as special case.
You can use $replace() so that you have to write fewer actions, the number of pairs stays the same, though.

7

Could you please demonstrate how this would work?

I genuinely cannot figure out how this needs to be coded.

$replace(inme:InMe)

8

see e.g. this thread with a number of suggestions with the correct syntax: