# How to create a Lyrics Yes/No column display

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-create-a-lyrics-yes-no-column-display/51209>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 15, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-create-a-lyrics-yes-no-column-display/51209 "2020-12-15T00:42:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![sveakul](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sveakul](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sveakul)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-create-a-lyrics-yes-no-column-display/51209/1 "2020-12-15T00:42:01Z")

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Is it possible to add a column that just shows IF a file contains embedded lyrics or not, without actually displaying the lyrics, which is the case if "%unsyncedlyrics%" is used as a value? Am looking for something similar to how the Cover column can be set to display a "1" if the file has an embedded cover, and stay blank if it does not. Thanks for any suggestions!

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-create-a-lyrics-yes-no-column-display/51209/2 "2020-12-15T05:30:57Z")

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> [@sveakul](#):
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> Cover column can be set to display a "1" if the file has an embedded cover

Just to get that right: if you use %\_covers% as contents for that column, then the value can also be something different than just "1", as %\_covers% shows the number of embedded covers.

To get some display about lyrics, try for value  
`$if(%unsyncedlyrics%,Present,Not present)`  
or  
`$if(%unsyncedlyrics%,Yes,No)`

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**Author:** ![sveakul](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sveakul](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sveakul)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 6:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-create-a-lyrics-yes-no-column-display/51209/3 "2020-12-15T06:40:58Z")

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Thanks ohrenkino, that's EXACTLY what I needed! I just went with "$if(%unsyncedlyrics%,Y,)"  
Still finding my way around Regex, and this helped a lot.

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-create-a-lyrics-yes-no-column-display/51209/4 "2020-12-15T06:47:19Z")

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Great that it helped, yet, my suggestion is no regular expression but a function from the scripting language built into MP3tag.  
See the help for more information:

> **[Scripting Functions – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting/)**
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> Documentation on Mp3tag's scripting functions. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.

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**Author:** ![sveakul](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sveakul](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sveakul)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-create-a-lyrics-yes-no-column-display/51209/5 "2020-12-16T23:09:44Z")

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Building on the help I got from ohrenkino, I found how to include checking for the %lyrics% field (used by many Vorbis comment tags) within the the same function:

$if($or(%unsyncedlyrics%,%lyrics%),Y,)

Thanks go to the Foobar forum's member jazzthieve for that one!

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-create-a-lyrics-yes-no-column-display/51209/6 "2020-12-17T05:50:09Z")

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> [@sveakul](#):
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> checking for the %lyrics% field

Wouldn't it be just as feasible to create a mapping between LYRICS and UNSYNCEDLYRICS (if that does not happen already)?  
Then you have to watch only one field.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-create-a-lyrics-yes-no-column-display/51209/7 "2021-01-16T05:50:13Z")

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