Hello,
In my export configuration, I have the following
$loop(%artist%,1) %artist%,$loopend()
$loop(%mixartist%,1) %mixartist%,$loopend()
But for some reason, it creates commas before and after the data like below
Artist: ,artist1, artist2,
Remixer: ,artist3, artist4,
How can I make it simple like below:
Artist: artist1, artist2
Remixer: artist3, artist4
there must be something else in this export script because when I use that snippet, I get a long list of artists, all separated by a comma - no leading commas. Or there are files where the artist is missing. Same applies the field mixartist: the empty one will be the first in the list.
Here is my export file
$filename(txt,utf-8)
%album%
$loop(%artist%,1) %artist% $loopend()
REMIXERS:</span> $loop(%mixartist%,1) %mixartist% $loopend()
%publisher% - %genre%
But on Various Artist albums, all artist generated without separated by commas
Arude Binaryh Blancah Clawz SG Jobe Kris Davis Mashk Nick Devon Soul Button Soul Button, Nick Devon
I want to see it like:
Arude, Binaryh, Blancah, Clawz SG, Jobe, Kris Davis, Mashk, Nick Devon, Soul Button
Is that possible?
Thank you,
Gregory
Yes, because in
there is no comma.
it should be
$loop(%artist%,1) %artist%, $loopend()
I am not sure what the
is doing in that code as it concludes a
<span>
which I do not see.
Please ignore the /span
I just follow your suggestion please see below:
$loop(%artist%,1) %artist%, $loopend()
$loop(%mixartist%,1) %mixartist%, $loopend()
Results:
ARTIST: Arude, Binaryh, Blancah, Clawz SG, Jobe, Kris Davis, Mashk, Nick Devon, Soul Button, Soul Button, Nick Devon,
REMIXERS: , A, B, C,
The issue:
On the last artist "Nick Devon" as it's last there not the comma should appear.
REMIXERS: starts with a comma and ends with a comma.
I wish to see the correct export configuration as below:
ARTIST: Arude, Binaryh, Blancah, Clawz SG, Jobe, Kris Davis, Mashk, Nick Devon, Soul Button, Soul Button, Nick Devon
REMIXERS: A, B, C
Many thanks for your time.
Gregory
I know.
I do not think that it is possible with such a loop.
The comma in front of the mixartist suggests for me that you have a file without a mixartist. This file then sorts to be at the beginning of the list
I see, I thought it was easy with the loop settings. I hope in near future to be a solution on that.
Thank you very much for your time and help.
Regards,
Gregory
Inspired by Detlev's work, it's possible to collect all artists in a variable:
$filename(txt,UTF-8)
$loop(%ALBUM%)$puts(ListOfArtists,)$loop(%ARTIST%)$loop(%ALBUM%)$puts(ListOfArtists,$get(ListOfArtists)%ARTIST%', ')$loopend()$loopend()
$loop(%ALBUM%)$puts(ListOfArtists,$trim($regexp($get(ListOfArtists),'(?:(?<=,)|(?<=\A)|(?<=^))\s?([^,]*),(?=.*?(?<=,)\s?\1(?=,|\Z|$))(?#remove dups from comma- or comma+space- delimited list)',),', '))$loopend()
$loop(%ALBUM%,1)%ALBUM%
$get(ListOfArtists)
$loopend()$loopend()
The same needs to be done for the %MIXARTIST% then. It's kinda magic — but fun 
... and all this just to avoid the trailing comma ... oh, well.
On the other hand: it proves that there is almost always a solution.
Enjoy.
Hello guys, @Florian
This configuration does the magic trick. Work perfectly on both %ARTIST% / %MIXARTIST%
Many thanks for that.
Regards,
Gregory
Would anyone be able to help me? I'm tyring to get this export result:
work (artist, artist) etc. So far, I have this:
$filename(txt,utf-8)
$loop(%work%)%work% ($loop(%artist%,1)%artist%$if($next(%artist%),', ',))$loopend()
$loopend()
However, this results in this: Artist, ARtist, ).
Where did you get this syntax?
Esp. $next() seems to be a function that I cannot find in the documentation:
Chat GPT gave that to me.
I would ask Chat GPT what has to be modified as that code does not work.
$filename(txt,utf-8)
$loop(%work%)%work% ($loop(%artist%)%artist%, $loopend())
$loopend()
What about this code?
Well, this one repeats recurring artists and still ends with , ). ChatGPT is stuck, I asked it about ten times.
Or what about the code from this post?