RegExp Find & Replace 4.3 w/ 253 presets (2011-07-06) [MM2+]

[RabanePaco]

When I try to install RegExp F&R without the 101 sample presets I get the error message

Error #-2147419113 - SongsDB.SDBStringlist
List index out of bounds (0)
File ....\MM\scripts\Auto\RegExpReplace.vbs

There is not the RegExp menu item under Edit.

Installing with the presets seems to be o.k. (so I'll try them anyway )

I just updated to MM 3.1. I'm also using MagigNodes. I didn't use RegExp before (didn't know about it).

It seems a very intersting script. I have been using Mp3Tag extensively.

[ZvezdanD]

When I try to install RegExp F&R without the 101 sample presets I get the error message

Thanks for the report. There is a new release: v3.5.1 - 2009-06-18
- Fixed: error during start-up if none preset exists.

[stutes]

Just wondering if it is possible to append one field with another field. I would like to take the information in fields such as "Mood" and "Tempo" and append the data in the field to the Grouping field, ideally putting a comma and then a space before the data is added to the Grouping field.

[ZvezdanD]

Just wondering if it is possible to append one field with another field. I would like to take the information in fields such as "Mood" and "Tempo" and append the data in the field to the Grouping field, ideally putting a comma and then a space before the data is added to the Grouping field.

Of course this is possible, you already have several predefined presets which combines two or more fields into one field, e.g. "Add the Track number to the begin of the Title". Here are settings for your example:
Find what:

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^.*

Into: Grouping
Regular expression 1: checked
Replace with:

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"$&" & IIf(Len(oSongData.Mood) > 0 And Len("$&") > 0, ", ", "") & oSongData.Mood & IIf(Len(oSongData.Tempo) > 0 And Len("$&" & oSongData.Mood) > 0, ", ", "") & oSongData.Tempo

VBScript expression: checked

The Replace with expression could be much simpler if you remove checking for empty fields, i.e. if you have all fields entered.

[stutes]

ZvezdanD, thank you for the reply. I figured RegExp could do this, but I couldn't figure out how to make it work with the fields I wanted to work with. I've no knowledge of VBscript.

I don''t think I need it to check for empty fields, and I didn't realize I could get it to append BOTH the Mood AND Tempo fields AT ONCE into the Grouping field—that's pretty cool! I was assuming I'd have to run it once to append the Mood to Grouping and then again to append the Tempo to Grouping.

I was also hoping to do the same thing with Custom 2 and Custom 3 (again, no need to check for empty fields as far I as I can tell... unless empty fields cause problems), and append the data in those fields to the Grouping field.

Would I be correct in assuming that the code for Custom 2 and 3 would look something like this?:

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    "$&" & IIf(Len(oSongData.Custom2) > 0 And Len("$&") > 0, ", ", "") & oSongData.Custom2 & IIf(Len(oSongData.Custom3) > 0 And Len("$&" & oSongData.Custom2) > 0, ", ", "") & oSongData.Custom3

[ZvezdanD]

Would I be correct in assuming that the code for Custom 2 and 3 would look something like this?:

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    "$&" & IIf(Len(oSongData.Custom2) > 0 And Len("$&") > 0, ", ", "") & oSongData.Custom2 & IIf(Len(oSongData.Custom3) > 0 And Len("$&" & oSongData.Custom2) > 0, ", ", "") & oSongData.Custom3

Yes, your Replace with string is correct. However, if you don't want to check for empty fields, you could write previous two presets as one, i.e. you could append Mood, Tempo, Custom 2 and Custom 3 in one go:

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"$&, " & oSongData.Mood & ", " & oSongData.Tempo & ", " & oSongData.Custom2 & ", " & oSongData.Custom3

But, if you have some field empty, e.g. Tempo, with such string you would get something like Grouping, Mood, , Custom2, Custom3. Or, if you have empty Grouping, you would get , Mood, Tempo, Custom1, Custom3 (note a comma on the begin). I don't know your intention, maybe this is even preferable for you.

[stutes]

All at once: very cool! Thanks so much for your help; for someone like me who is vbscript illiterate, this is VERY helpful!

[mk1065]

Anyone know how I could put all my featured artists in paranthesis. For example:

Find what - ft. Easy E
Replace with - (ft. Easy E)

[CarlitoGil]

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RegSub(RegSub(RegSub(RegSub(RegSub(oSongData.Path,"\bI\b","1"),"\bII\b","2"),"\bIII\b","3"),"\bIV\b","4"),"\bV\b","5")

Is there a more efficient way to do this?
I may be using more substitutions

[ZvezdanD]

Anyone know how I could put all my featured artists in paranthesis. For example:

Find what - ft. Easy E
Replace with - (ft. Easy E)

Find what:

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\b(?:ft\.?|feat\.?|featuring|vs\.?|versus|pres\.?|presents)\s.*[^)]$

Into: Artist
Regular expression 1: checked
Replace with:

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($&)

[ZvezdanD]

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RegSub(RegSub(RegSub(RegSub(RegSub(oSongData.Path,"\bI\b","1"),"\bII\b","2"),"\bIII\b","3"),"\bIV\b","4"),"\bV\b","5")

Is there a more efficient way to do this?
I may be using more substitutions

Well, you could not simplify it too much. You could try with the MapArray function as it is in the "Fix common words (I'm, I'll, don't, won't, ain't, isn't, can't)" preset. For your example:
Find what:

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\b(?:(I)|(II)|(III)|(IV)|(V))\b

Replace with:

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MapArray(Array("$1", "1", "$2", "2", "$3", "3", "$4", "4", "$5", "5"))

However, there is a bug in the MapChr function, so you need to modify the source code of the script if you want to write numbers as a replacement. In the line 987 instead of:

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If IsNumeric(sDst) Then

you should write:

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If VarType(sDst) = vbInteger Then

The next version of the script would have somewhat simpler MapArrayEx function with which you could write the Replace with string directly, without specifying strings for replacement in the Find what field as it is in previous case. Here is its future use:

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MapArrayEx("$&", Array("\bI\b", "1", "\bII\b", "2", "\bIII\b", "3", "\bIV\b", "4", "\bV\b", "5"))

If you are interested for such syntax, I could publish the updated script with that function. By the way, you will have a problem with English word "I" with those replacements.

[Big Isch]

Suggestion for Grouping of Presets

This is really a great tool with lots of capability and lost of presets. Such, some sort of grouping for
presets comes to mind, as already discussed in this topic.

My suggestion is to add a text-field that functions as filter for the presets display in the listbox.
When this field is not-blank, then only Presets starting with the entered text are displayed.
The presets that are delivered with installation could begin with a special letter, e.g. "+" or "!"

[nynaevelan]

Suggestion for Grouping of Presets

This is really a great tool with lots of capability and lost of presets. Such, some sort of grouping for
presets comes to mind, as already discussed in this topic.

My suggestion is to add a text-field that functions as filter for the presets display in the listbox.
When this field is not-blank, then only Presets starting with the entered text are displayed.
The presets that are delivered with installation could begin with a special letter, e.g. "+" or "!"

As an organizational maniac I agree with this suggestion.

Nyn

[martialartsguy]

Question here, and again I apologize for my lack of knowledge with regexp. I'd like to capitalize all the text (from: happy to: Happy) in all the following fields:

Tempo, Mood, Occasion, Quality

I use these a lot and sometimes forget to capitalize. I have presets set up for each one, but if I could run all four at once, that'd be excellent.
Each has the following setting:

Find What: ([\w\xDF-\xF6\xF8-\xFF\u0100-\u024F\u0400-\u04FF])([\w'\xDF-\xF6\xF8-\xFF\u0100-\u024F\u0400-\u04FF]*)
Replace with: UCase("$1") & LCase("$2")

Thanks for your help.

[CarlitoGil]

The next version of the script would have somewhat simpler MapArrayEx function with which you could write the Replace with string directly, without specifying strings for replacement in the Find what field as it is in previous case. Here is its future use:

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MapArrayEx("$&", Array("\bI\b", "1", "\bII\b", "2", "\bIII\b", "3", "\bIV\b", "4", "\bV\b", "5"))

Thanks, That's what I need to modify from another fields than the one with the numbers

If you are interested for such syntax, I could publish the updated script with that function.

Yeah
Do you ever wish you could get the version 35.9 of this script from the year 2025?

By the way, you will have a problem with English word "I" with those replacements.

That's no problem, I'll be using this to detect Disc # from the path, so it would need to say "I" after the words (CD|Disc|Disk|Disco), you know.