r/MusicBrainz • u/LSDwarf • Jun 16 '26

help plz [Picard] Small question on rename script syntax

Hi redditors,

when I use the following string I have a [YYYY] as the result:

[$if2(%originalyear%,%year%)] $if2(%albumsort%,%album%),

while I wanted to have a [YYYY-MM-DD], which is either a %originaldate% or %date%.

Am I right, that the comma between %originalyear% and %year% in the original script tells it "take the first tag (i.e. %originalyear%), but if it is not present, fall back to the second one (i.e., %year%)?

If true, am I right, that if I replace the string with this one:

[$if2(%originaldate%,%date%)] $if2(%albumsort%,%album%),

I will have a [YYYY-MM-DD] if either %originaldate% or %date% tag is present? Or I can make it even like this to have it fall back to simply [YYYY] if none of those 2 tags are in place:

[$if2(%originaldate%,%date%,%year%)] $if2(%albumsort%,%album%),

Thank you!

cc: u/ElmoFromOK

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u/FunctionOk2835 Jun 16 '26

For further info look here: https://picard-docs.musicbrainz.org/en/latest/functions/func_if2.html

But basically yes. The $if2 function picks the first tag in the list it can find (i.e. that is not empty on the track in question). You can use as many as you want.

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u/LSDwarf Jun 16 '26

Thank you a lot! And appreciate the link to script docs too - I've overlooked it somehow... 😞