How to eliminate "The" from a string

[Mike48]

Is there a function that can remove a leading "The " from a string (e.g., from [artist] or [album artist]), but only if "The" is present? I have played around a little, but haven't figured it out.

I use the following to name files:

[album artist]\[album]\[IFMULTI][disc]-[][track] [title]

and would like to drop "The" in the directory names when the album artist is, say "The Beatles".

Thanks!

[Spoon]

Re: How to eliminate "The" from a string

In CD Ripper in Options >> Metadata & ID Tags >> 'Replace The Artist with Artist, The'

[Mike48]

Re: How to eliminate "The" from a string

Spoon, Thanks for the reply -- but I'm not sure you answered my question. Either I wasn't clear, you weren't, or there was a mismatch.

I don't want to move "The" to the end . . . I want to axe it ONLY from the generated file path. I could do this in several programming languages, but I haven't figured out if it's possible with the dBpa string functions.

[Spoon]

Re: How to eliminate "The" from a string

Try [IFEQUALS]artist,The [DEL]1,4,[artist][],[TRIM][DEL]1,4,[artist][], The[][]

[Mike48]

Re: How to eliminate "The" from a string

Try [IFEQUALS]artist,The [DEL]1,4,[artist][],[TRIM][DEL]1,4,[artist][], The[][]

Thanks! I will give it a try.