Remove last 7 characters from ALBUM tag

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I am long time user but not at all an 'under the hood' tinkler, all I have needed to do with MP3tag so far I have mangaed.. however...
I have many hundreds of files that have an ALBUM tag of > for example "DIVE [1993]" this date is NOT from the DATE tag, it is part of the ALBUM tag, unfortunately.
So Q. how to use Actions or Convert to remove the last 7 characters of the ALBUM tag/field..?

Cheers to you all out there helping out us users with less technically minded.. and special Florian for keeping updating..
CD

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As an action (quick or in an action group)

Action type: Format value
Field: ALBUM
Format String: $cutright(%album%,7)

or with the converter Tag->Tag with a preview:

Field: ALBUM
Format String: $cutright(%album%,7)

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Even though the $cutright() function is a completely valid way to get rid of the trailing 7 characters, I am a little reluctant to use this (IMHO) brute force approach as it cuts away the last 7 characters even if they are not a number in brackets.

So, as an alternative, to remove a number in square brackets, I sugget:
$regexp('DIVE [1993]',' \[\d+\]',)

4

Thanks to ohrenkino and poster.. not only a quick responce but two ways of doing it.. shows how good this software really is..
I had tried to do it with an action as shown in posters reply.. but i must have had a slight error somewhere.. anyway it will work now I have a confirm that at least I was heading in the right direction..
cheers to all again CD

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If you want to learn a 3rd way:
Use an action of the type "Guess value"
Source. %album%
Target: %album% [%dummy%