Hello, i like to remove the from multi artist and i done action format value artist $regexp(%artist%,^The ,). this isn't working for me how can i do this please. Thank You

Could you show us the data in the field and then tell us what you want to achieve? The expression you use remove a "The " only a the beginning of a string. If you want to get rid of the text constant "the ", then use a plain replace action in which you replace "the " with nothing.

thanks for replying that is what i to do is remove the. will replace work if a highlight multi files?

Actions always operate on the selected files. Or the other way round: you have to select at least 1 file to create an action. You may select more. (BTW: why didn't you try it? That would have been much faster than writing the post in the forum ...)

i didn't know about the replace (how it worked) i did do that after you mention it and that did what i like but now my artist don't list alphabetically. bellieve you me i've been googling but some things i can't find or i'm typng in a wrong search pattern (mostly entering the wrong search info). lik…

If you want to have a different sort order, then some players also use the field ARTISTSORT to get the right order. You would have to fill this field with the name under which you want to find the artist. But as you do not show any real data it is hard to tell what might have gone wrong.

ok here's what the list looks like after i replace the "the " BEACH BOYS CHARLES RIVER VALLEY BOYS CONTOURS EVERLY BROTHERS BEN E. KING see how they are out of order, i try sorting by artist and no luck. [image_2022-01-18_104623]

Did you see the space in front ot the Artist names? (That's why screenshots are really helpful).

[image] ohrenkino: If you want to get rid of the text constant "the ", ... not that I wrote the "the" with a trailing space character ... The screenump also explains why [image] dp19: i done action format value artist $regexp(%artist%,^The ,) did not work: the regular expressions are…

i ddin't think the space would make a difference. so please tell how to remove the space just in front of the artist. know this is a learning process for and older timer with No Scripting skills.

i got it figure out Thanks now if i can only figure how to move content from one field to another i be set.

[image] dp19: content from one field to another Like described in the FAQs? [image] Actions and batch-operations FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) How to copy one field value to another field? Example how to copy the content of the ARTIST field to the ALB…

Removing "the" from multi artists

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ohrenkino January 18, 2022, 5:37pm 12

Like described in the FAQs?

please consider to open a new thread, if you have further questions on this problem.

BTW: the FAQs also show how to remove trailing or leading spaces ...