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[Bengi010]

This is probably really simple, but so far I can't find the answer.  Lets say I have an album and each song name is 01. - "name", 02. - "name"  etc.  I simply want a batch way to remove the track numbers from the song names.  Find & replace doesn't seem to recognize wildcard expressions like * or # or x,  so since each track number is different I can only change one file at a time that way.  Is there a quick and easy way to do this?

[Unge72]

I have a similar problem. In the Name Field I have "Artist" - "Name" IE: Baltimora - Tarzan Boy. I want to remove from "-" to the Left in order to only have in the Name Field "Tarzan Boy". Is an expression to do this quick? 

[MrC]

You can do your change of tags (fields) directly in the Tag section of the action window.  Select your items, and then enter an expression in the field you want to change.

@Bengi010: If the number of characters you want to remove is constant, just use RemoveLeft() and remove the actual number of characters you want removed.  In your example, it appears you want to remove 6 chararacters ("01. - ").  I can't tell if your "name" fields actual contain double quotes; if so, use 7 chars.

In the name field, type:

=RemoveLeft([name],6)

and this will perform the function RemoveLeft on all the files you've selected for the field where you've entered the expression.

@Unge72: Same idea as above, but you can use the ListItem() function to return the second component (0 based counting, so you want item #1):

=listitem([name],1, - )

[Unge72]

MrC .. Excelent Solution, It works, now I have my library ok... Great! 

Thanks.

Unge72 form Mexico!