Scripting: Replace in "Comment" (.m4a)

MusicBrainz Picard
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I want to replace somenting in the (normal) comment field of .m4a files:
$set(comment,$replace(%comment%, Op. , op. ))

This doesn’t work. Nothing will be changed (as I see it in Picard).
The log view looks good, but nothing is changed
D: 17:06:59,349 file.update:614: Updating file <MP4File "1-01 - Auf's Korn! - Kopie.m4a">
D: 17:06:59,352 file.update:614: Updating file <MP4File '1-02 - Frühlingsstimmen - Kopie.m4a'>
Also after save thre is no change in the files.

Just to set something to the common field works:
$set(comment,Lorem ipsum)
I see the changes in Picard.

What is wrong?

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Now mp3:
I’d like to add someting the an existing comment, but it’s not working: I can not access the original comment.

$set(comment:,ABC)
$set(comment:,%comment:%123)

=> ABC123

$set(comment:,%comment:%123)
=> 123
(but old comment values are lost)

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That’s because scripting does not have access to the file variables. Please see

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Oh, Thx!
I suspected something like this and I hope it will be changed.

6

???
I’m not sure what this means and/or what is wrong. Will my reply be deleted? What does “flagged” mean here?

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It is because he has withdrawn his comment. Until it has been deleted, you can see what he wrote by clicking on the edit pencil (beside the post time).

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Sorry to confuse things. My answer was a total guess and it turned out to be rubbish. So I deleted my own post. The idea was to avoid confusion - not cause it. :smile:

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