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How to replace "&" with ";" in bulk.

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baldo:
Thanks to a HIGHLY helpful person here on this forum, I am working on tidying up my MC library.

I have several tracks that are labeled as Artist "A & B" and I would like to replace these to show artist as "A ; B". (and sigh replaced by semi colon)

I understand that this is better for MC especially when it comes to search results.

So I would like to replace the "&" with a ";".

What is the text that I need to enter so that MC and do this on mass for a whole load of selected files?

Many thanks for your help on this in advance.

MrBiff:
Example if you wanted to change the Artist field:

Select the file(s), right-click on any one of the Artist values from one of selected files, select Rename (or use F2), and in the field, enter:


--- Code: ---=replace([Artist], / &/ , ;/ )
--- End code ---

zybex:
Instead of renaming the artists one by one you can do it for all artists in bulk using the Tag Editor.
Select all files (or a subset), open the Tag Editor panel, and enter MrBiff's formula on the Artist field (replacing the "Varies").

Perhaps you should make a backup before trying this.

baldo:
Thanks Mr Biff,

That code worked perfectly. Just what I needed and saved me many hours of typing.

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