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Help with padding values of comment field

Here's some examples of what's in the comment field:
8A/4A
4A
9B
4A
12A

And this is the result I was after:
08A/04A
04A
09B
04A
12A

In mp3tag with the regexp function I can do something like this:
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$regexp(%comment%,'(\b[1-9]{1}[A|B])','0$1')

How can I do something like this in fb2k in short hand code? Notice I only want to pad to the value of 2 so the 12A would not get affected in the example above.

Thanks.

This is what I have currently which is doesn't work so well for 11A and 11B and I was hoping to learn how to do this a little bit more shorthand if that's possible without the $regexp function that mp3tag has.
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$replace($replace(%comment%,1A,01A,2A,02A,3A,03A,4A,04A,5A,05A,6A,06A,7A,07A,8A,08A,9A,09A,1B,01B,2B,02B,3B,03B,4B,04B,5B,05B,6B,06B,7B,07B,8B,08B,9B,09B),00,0)

Re: Help with padding values of comment field

Reply #1 –
If you can use Masstagger, perform these two steps: (1) split value by separator "/", (2) use $pad_right(comment,3,0) and concatenate the split values together again. However, it is not short hand.

Format value from other fields:
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$if(%comment%,$pad_right($meta(comment,0),3,0),)$ifgreater($meta_num(comment),1,/$pad_right($meta(comment,1),3,0),)

Re: Help with padding values of comment field

Reply #2 –
Well, if I understood correctly...
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$ifgreater($strchr(%comment%,/),0,$iflonger($substr(%comment%,1,$strchr(%comment%,/)),3,$substr(%comment%,1,$strchr(%comment%,/)),0$substr(%comment%,1,$strchr(%comment%,/)))$iflonger($substr(%comment%,$strchr(%comment%,/),$len(%comment%)),3,$substr(%comment%,$strchr(%comment%,/),$len(%comment%)),0$substr(%comment%,$add($strchr(%comment%,/),1),$len(%comment%))),$iflonger(%comment%,2,%comment%,0%comment%))

Re: Help with padding values of comment field

Reply #3 –
Thanks guys for your help. The splitting and formatting then joining wasn't ideal. I was hoping for something in one format action.

I've settled on this (which is verbose, in a way):
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$replace($replace($replace(%comment%,1A,01A,2A,02A,3A,03A,4A,04A,5A,05A,6A,06A,7A,07A,8A,08A,9A,09A,1B,01B,2B,02B,3B,03B,4B,04B,5B,05B,6B,06B,7B,07B,8B,08B,9B,09B),00,0),101,11)

The 00,0 will remove double 0s' and the 101,11 replace will fix the issue I was referring to earlier.

I should have mentioned that sometimes the comment field my be like this also (Apologies for not giving this example):
4A - 6 - R6
5A - 6 - R7
7A - 6 - R6
9B - 6 - R5
4A - 3 - R6
11A - 2 - R3
12A - 5 - R6
08A/04A- 6 - R2

It'll be an good day when FB has a regular expression function. It's perfect apart from that. I've already made a suggestion here in the suggestion section in the hopes that it'll get added.


Re: Help with padding values of comment field

Reply #4 –
Is there a particular reason to use fb2k for such tagging purposes when mp3tag does it?

I find myself using mp3tag all the more often after fb2k started destroying <ALBUM ARTIST SORT> for lossy files :-(
 

Re: Help with padding values of comment field

Reply #5 –
Quote from: Porcus on
Is there a particular reason to use fb2k for such tagging purposes when mp3tag does it?

I find myself using mp3tag all the more often after fb2k started destroying <ALBUM ARTIST SORT> for lossy files :-(
I don't really use Mp3tag that much for running actions or manipulating tags as much as I used too, plus it's just quicker in the same program.

Mainly I use Mp3tag for the Web Source Scripts if when using fb2ks' Discogs plugin, there's no Discogs result. But most electronic music is done by my beatport script.