What is the syntax if I want to inject a character string into a filename? I need to add 4 to 6 numbers (would be a constant) into a spot in the filename. So how would I tell PM to skip over the first say 6 characters in the filename 'inject' _1234_ then continue the filename?
Page 47 of the Photo Mechanic manual describes the feature in detail:
Substring extraction is used to ‘extract’ a range of characters from an image variable
so they can be used as normal variables in other fields throughout Photo Mechanic.
The format is:
{variable:index,count:conversion} or {variable:index:conversion}
In either case, <:conversion> is optional
<index> Sets the point in the string at which the operation starts - zero (0) will include all characters, 1 will ignore the first character etc. This value can be positive
or negative. Negative numbers count back from the end of the string, positive numbers count from the beginning.
<count> to extract <count> characters from <index>. <count> may also be omitted altogether which indicates extracting the substring from <index> position to the end of the string.
<conversion> may be one of the following types or may be omitted altogether:
“lc” perform lower-case conversion of all applicable characters
“UC” perform upper-case conversion of all applicable characters
“PC” perform Proper Name case conversion
Here are some examples:
Let’s say {filenamebase} is DSC_1234
Then:
{filenamebase:0,3} yields: DSC
{filenamebase:-4,4} yields: 1234
{filenamebase:-4} yields: 1234
{filenamebase:2,3} yields: C_1
{filenamebase:0:lc} yields: dsc_1234
{filenamebase:0:PC} yields: Dsc_1234
HTH,
-Kirk
