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Old 09-04-2023, 10:51 AM   #48
shinykari
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Originally Posted by chaley View Post
Do note that there can be problems copying data from a 'contains names' column (& separated) to a 'like tags' column (comma separated). If a name contains a comma than it is considered 2 tags. If this is possible then you should use re() to convert the commas into something else, perhaps a semicolon.

Also note that the tags in "like tags" composites are sorted. The order won't be the implied order in the template.
Ah, yes, that may be the problem. The destination column is a "like tags" column. I will play with it and see if replacing "&" with another type of punctuation will allow it to work as intended. Sort order doesn't matter here.

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Originally Posted by chaley View Post
Yes, using search & replace in regexp mode. Something like this:
Thank you! I will give this a try.
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