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Thank you, Terry! All assumptions correct, and that worked flawlessly. Thanks again, *Thomas San Filippo* (he/him/his) *Systems and Educational Technology Liaison* Madeleine Clark Wallace Library <https://wheatoncollege.edu/academics/library/>, G34 Wheaton College <https://wheatoncollege.edu> 26 E. Main Street, Norton, MA 02766 <https://goo.gl/maps/d5JvoKZUEXy> (508) 286-5601 <+15082865601> Twitter: @WallaceLibrary <https://twitter.com/WallaceLibrary> | Instagram: /wallacelibrary <https://www.instagram.com/wallacelibrary/> 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 > > < <https://wheatoncollege.edu/academics/library/> > https://wheatoncollege.edu/academics/library/>, G34 Wheaton College < < > https://wheatoncollege.edu> https://wheatoncollege.edu> > > 26 E. Main Street, Norton, MA 02766 < <https://goo.gl/maps/d5JvoKZUEXy> > https://goo.gl/maps/d5JvoKZUEXy> > > (508) 286-5601 <+15082865601> > > Twitter: @WallaceLibrary < <https://twitter.com/WallaceLibrary> > https://twitter.com/WallaceLibrary> | Instagram: > > /wallacelibrary < <https://www.instagram.com/wallacelibrary/> > https://www.instagram.com/wallacelibrary/> > >