Swapping words from one side to another

Question

I have strings on a new line. Its music content, the thing is.. I need the Artist to be on the left side and track name to be on the right. So Artist - Track. Thing is, I have it Track - Artist.

Is there anything I can use to do such a thing? I searched around and either I am not searching for the correct words or there is nothing relating.

I am hoping to accomplish it with notepad ++ but if there's some online tool or perhaps another to do it then that would be great!

Input:

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - Pentatonix
Real Love - Tom Odell
Winter - Joshua Radin
White Christmas - Katy Perry
Another Christmas - Amanda Jenssen

Output:

Pentatonix - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Tom Odell - Real Love
Joshua Radin - Winter
Katy Perry - White Christmas
Amanda Jenssen - Another Christmas

Answer 1

Use the following Regex, that captures the groups.

^(.*?)\s+-\s+(.*?)$

In Notepad++ you can substitute groups $1 and $2 captured and place them correctly as you wish.

$2 - $1

Check the demo on Regex101.

Answer 2

You could simply do:

• Ctrl+H
• Find what: ^([^-]+) +- +(.+)$
• Replace with: $2 - $1
• Replace all

Explanation:

^       : begining of line
([^-]+) :  group 1 everything that is not a dash
 -      : a dash with spaces around it
(.*)    : group 2, rest of the line
$       : end of line

Answer 3

Solution

Source: https://superuser.com/questions/261072/reverse-name-order-in-notepad

Tool: Regex

Open up notepad++ and press CTRL + F to bring up the search box or navigate to Search - Find. Go to replace and switch the mode to Regular Expression. Now input in the Find What section: ^(.+) - (.+)$ and Replace With: \2 - \1. Hit replace all and away it goes!

Simplified Code

Find What: ^(.+) - (.+)$

Replace With: \2 - \1

Answer 4

If your delimiter SPACE-SPACE is consistent then use groups to swap the position of artist and track

(.+)(\s-\s)(.+)

See it here