Thank you, Terry!

All assumptions correct, and that worked flawlessly.

Thanks again,


*Thomas San Filippo* (he/him/his)
*Systems and Educational Technology Liaison*

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On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 3:01 PM <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Just for reference, there is a marcedit list (
> https://listserv.gmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=marcedit-l) hosted by George Mason
> that has a searchable archive.
>
>
>
> However, to answer your question -- Can I assume that you are looking to
> add this to fields that have a 650 second indicator 7 since I'll assume
> [Our local subject heading] will change?  Do you have records with a 650
> second indicator 7 that would already have a $2 in them?
>
>
>
> I'm going to make the following assumptions:
>
> 1. That we need to assess any 650 with a second indicator of 7
>
> 2. That we only want to process data on fields that don't already have a
> $2 in it
>
>
>
> There are a couple different ways to do this -- I prefer to just use the
> replace function and a regular expression.  It would look like this:
>
> Example data:
>
> =650  \7$aLocal Subfield$xData
>
> =650  \7$aLocal Subfield
>
> =650  \7$aNot local$2data
>
> =650  \1$aShouldn't be changed.
>
>
>
> After Replacement:
>
> =650  \7$aLocal Subfield$xData$2local
>
> =650  \7$aLocal Subfield$2local
>
> =650  \7$aNot local$2data
>
> =650  \1$aShouldn't be changed.
>
>
>
> Process:
>
>
>
>
>
> --tr
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Thomas
> San Filippo
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 2:19 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Add subfield in MARCEdit
>
>
>
> Hi folks,
>
>
>
> We have a question for someone with MARCEdit expertise.
>
>
>
> If the following field is present:
>
>
>
> *=650 \7 $aOur local subject heading*
>
>
>
> we want to add to the end of the line:
>
>
>
> *$2local*
>
>
>
> The problem is, sometimes our local subject heading also has other
> subfields like $x or $z, and we want to add subfield $2 at the end of the
> line, so we can't just use find and replace (or can we with a regex
> maybe?). We think we're supposed to be using the edit subfield tool, but we
> don't want to add our subfield to every 650, just the ones containing our
> local subject heading.
>
>
>
> Can someone point us in the right direction?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
>
> *Thomas San Filippo* (he/him/his)
>
> *Systems and Educational Technology Liaison*
>
>
>
> Madeleine Clark Wallace Library
>
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