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Skipping "the"...

Is there anyway to set up the Album List to skip the word "the" at the beginning of the artist's name short of editing the name to, for example, "Beatles, The"?

Skipping "the"...

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Try this out:
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$if($strcmp($left(%artist%,4),The ),$right(%artist%,$sub($len(%artist%),4))', 'The,%artist%)

Skipping "the"...

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Try this out:
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$if($strcmp($left(%artist%,4),The ),$right(%artist%,$sub($len(%artist%),4))', 'The,%artist%)

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I'm just dumb enough to know not where to input that...

Skipping "the"...

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I'm just dumb enough to know not where to input that...
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Wherever %artist% is, I think.
 

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I'm just dumb enough to know not where to input that...
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Wherever %artist% is, I think.
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That worked, thanks.