replace colon with existing scheme

[nuckles]

i found this scheme in the forum.... {ny.replaceFirst(/^(?i)(The|A|An)\ (.+[^\ \(\d{4}\)])/, /$2, $1/)}

can someone please help add the code to replace colon (:) with dash ( - )

thank you

[kim]

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{ny.replaceFirst(/^(?i)(The|A|An)\ (.+[^\ \(\d{4}\)])/, /$2, $1/)}

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{ny.replaceFirst(/^(?i)(The|A|An)\ (.+[^\ \(\d{4}\)])/, /$2, $1/).replaceAll(/:/,' - ')}

BUT it's better to use (space after) and "replace" to take care of the odd ":" :

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{ny.replaceFirst(/^(?i)(The|A|An)\ (.+[^\ \(\d{4}\)])/, /$2, $1/).replaceAll(/[:–-]/, ' - ').replace(/:/, '.')}

btw:
https://www.filebot.net/naming.html

[rednoah]

Since, this is a fairly common request, there's also a convenience method for that:

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n.colon(' - ')

[kim]

Since, this is a fairly common request, there's also a convenience method for that:

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n.colon(' - ')

the problem with this is that 99% of English titles with ":" is like "movie: subtitle"
so "n.colon(' - ')" = double spaces

[rednoah]

the problem with this is that 99% of English titles with ":" is like "movie: subtitle"
so "n.colon(' - ')" = double spaces

String.colon() takes care of that particular problem by matching white space surrounding the : colon as well.

[kim]

O, but still needs the unicode

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... because people copy/paste title in with it, I have even seen the MOD's lock title with it