Topic: I want to delete the artist
Q: I have ripped my Madonna Confessions On A Dancefloor CD.
Madonna - Hung up.mp3
Madonna - Get together.mp3
Madonna - Sorry.mp3
Madonna - Future lovers.mp3
Madonna - I love New York.mp3
Madonna - Let it will be.mp3
Now for my MP3-Player i didn't need the artist 'Madonna', how can i do this?
A: There are more then one way.
The first would be to search for 'Madonna - ' and delete it:
EXAMPLE: Madonna - Hung up.mp3
EXPRESSION: %f("Madonna - ","")
RESULT: Hung up.mp3
String replacement, How does it work ?
The usage is near of the standard "replace":
"( "str1", "str2", i1, i2, cs )"
str1 : string to replace.
str2 : replacement string. If it is not specified, the string to replace is deleted. (That's what we use here)
i1 : starting occurrence. If negative, it is relative to the end of the string.
i2 : number of replacements to do. If negative, all remaining occurrences are treated.
cs : number indicating if the search is case sensitive: 0 (zero) for no, any other value for yes.
The last four parameters are optional.
By default all occurrences are treated and the search is case insensitive.
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Edit:
the simplest way i have forgotten :-(
Here is it:
EXAMPLE: Madonna - Hung up.mp3
EXPRESSION: %f(11)
RESULT: Hung up.mp3
EXPLANATION:
%f(11) means skip the first ten chars
Madonna -
1234567890
and give me the name from the 11-th character till the end.
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An another way (f. ex. if the artist is not always the same) would be to split the name by the '-' into parts:
EXAMPLE: Madonna - Hung up.mp3
EXPRESSION: %f[2]
RESULT: Hung up.mp3
How does it work ?
The "[]" modifier "splits" the associated string in array elements
following the characters specified in "Options/Modifications" (or given as second parameter to "[]" .... for example %f[1,"-"] ).
Each "substring" is reachable through its index.
In this case, if '-' is one of the separators in "Options/Modifications":
%f gives "Madonna - Hung up.mp3"
%f[1] gives "Madonna"
%f[2] gives "Hung up.mp3"
Press the F1-key while you are in Siren to read more about.
Enjoy Siren, No installation needed, unzip and run. Siren stores it settings into an ini file, not into the Registry.
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