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Help reqd with file move-to preset pattern

Hi,
I'm trying to optimize my file move-to preset pattern to easily sort my files into the following folder structure:
\<initial>\<artist>\<artist> - <title>.mp3
And all artists with 'The ' should be sorted in the actual letter of the band name and everything not starting with a letter should be sorted into the folder '#' (e.g. the artist !DEL or 12 Stones or 50 Cent should all be in one directory and not in the directories '!', '1' and '5' respectively).

My current pattern is this:
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$cut($swapprefix(%artist%,'The'),1)/$swapprefix(%artist%,'The')/%artist% - %title%


I've succeeded with all, except for the artists not starting with a letter. I need to be able to test if the value of the first character is a letter and if not sort it into '#' otherwise sort it regularly.
Does anyone have an idea of how I can test if the first letter is not a-z or A-Z without having to build in 26 if checks?

Thanks in advance.
 

Help reqd with file move-to preset pattern

Reply #1 –
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$if($strchr(abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz,$lower($put(a,$cut($stripprefix(%artist%),1)))),$get(a),#)\$swapprefix(%artist%)\%artist% - %title%

Help reqd with file move-to preset pattern

Reply #2 –
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$puts(Initial,$lower($cut($swapprefix(%artist%,'The'),1)))
$ifgreater($strchr(abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz,$get(Initial)),0,$get(Initial),'#')/$swapprefix(%artist%,'The')/%artist% - %title%



[edit]Crap. Your code is better, too.
elevatorladylevitateme

Help reqd with file move-to preset pattern

Reply #3 –
Quote from: Frank Bicking on
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$if($strchr(abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz,$lower($put(a,$cut($stripprefix(%artist%),1)))),$get(a),#)\$swapprefix(%artist%)\%artist% - %title%


Nice, works like a charm. Thank you very much for the quick reply!

Help reqd with file move-to preset pattern

Reply #4 –
Very nice! Didn't know that you can use the $put-function inside of another titleformatting function.