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More => Old Versions => Media Center 16 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: LeoH on September 23, 2011, 03:24:12 pm

Title: Regex everywhere?
Post by: LeoH on September 23, 2011, 03:24:12 pm

Is there, or will there be, a way to apply your regex engine outside of scripting? One use would be to rework standard tag fields. For a simple example, I would like to reverse all composer names so that "JS Bach" becomes "Bach, JS", etc.  There are many times when I could use the horse power of regex to do bulk cleanup and/or manipulation of tags.  Thanks.

- Leo

Title: Re: Regex everywhere?
Post by: rick.ca on September 23, 2011, 04:34:22 pm

Yes, Regex() is part of the Expression Language. Just like any other function, you can use it in an expression field or column, or in an edit to change existing data.