# REPLACE genre list by another genre list **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [January 2, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-genre-list-by-another-genre-list/18580 "2017-01-02T16:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![giacomo](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@giacomo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/giacomo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-genre-list-by-another-genre-list/18580/1 "2017-01-02T16:52:55Z")
I'm trying to convert the already tagged genre list (%genre% tag) into another genre list. To do so I've create a sequence of actions, one per each genre remapping. For instance: OLD NEW BLUES - CHICAGO Blues CLASSICAL - ORCHESTRAL Classic Music I've tried many ways to do so but what I get is every single word is always matched and changed, so BLUES is replaced by Blues but CHICAGO remains and I get Blues - CHICAGO instead of Blues Is there any regexp that matches only and exactly word by word ? I'm attaching what I've done that is not exactly what I need. [INDEPENDENT\_\_\_generi\_da\_\_genre\_.mta.txt](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a63df9c2e54df4138ccfb5779a2563dcd03da24e.txt) (22.4 KB) ---
**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:** [January 2, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-genre-list-by-another-genre-list/18580/2 "2017-01-02T19:14:40Z")
> [@giacomo](#): > > I'm trying to convert the already tagged genre list (%genre% tag) into another genre list. > To do so I've create a sequence of actions, one per each genre remapping. > For instance: > OLD NEW > BLUES - CHICAGO Blues > CLASSICAL - ORCHESTRAL Classic Music > > I've tried many ways to do so but what I get is every single word is always matched and changed, so BLUES is replaced by Blues but CHICAGO remains and I get > > Blues - CHICAGO instead of Blues > > Is there any regexp that matches only and exactly word by word ? I'm attaching what I've done that is not exactly what I need. I see in your text file expressions like $regexp(%netradioowner%,(BLUES - CHICAGO BLUES),Blues) I am simply puzzled. If you replace one string constant with another, a simple replace is enough. Also, if you use brackets in the search pattern, then this addresses a particular part which is referenced by $1 or $2 and so on. You can test such an expression in the Convert\>Tag-Tag function. But actually I would not use a $regexp at all. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-genre-list-by-another-genre-list/18580/3 "2017-01-03T11:59:04Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > ... > But actually I would not use a $regexp at all. I give you an example with the $replace() function instead of the $regexp(): $replace(My Blues Friend loves BLUES - CHICAGO,BLUES - CHICAGO,Bluesy) (2 times Blues and Bluesy are intended to show the outcome) The first string "My Blues Friend loves BLUES - CHICAGO" may represent the contents of %netradioowner%. The result of the $replace() function is: "My Blues Friend loves Bluesy" So the string in capitals has been replaced by "Bluesy", the rest stays as it is. This is beyond my scope: I do not know how many actions you execute in this action group and I do not know if one action undoes the modification of a previous one. ---
**Author:** ![giacomo](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@giacomo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/giacomo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-genre-list-by-another-genre-list/18580/4 "2017-01-03T12:11:34Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > I give you an example with the $replace() function instead of the $regexp(): > > $replace(My Blues Friend loves BLUES - CHICAGO,BLUES - CHICAGO,Bluesy) > (2 times Blues and Bluesy are intended to show the outcome) > > The first string "My Blues Friend loves BLUES - CHICAGO" may represent the contents of %netradioowner%. > > The result of the $replace() function is: > > "My Blues Friend loves Bluesy" > > So the string in capitals has been replaced by "Bluesy", the rest stays as it is. > > This is beyond my scope: I do not know how many actions you execute in this action group and I do not know if one action undoes the modification of a previous one. Thank you but I still have the issue that only some words are replaced and not the full string. I found a workaround, the replace works as expected only in case the I move the $replace(%netradioowner%,BLUES,Blues) to the bottom of all Blues-related replacements. This way, the more specific strings are replaced first, e.g., $replace(%netradioowner%,BLUES - CHICAGO BLUES,Blues) and the more generic string only at the end. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-genre-list-by-another-genre-list/18580/5 "2026-02-09T12:26:35Z")