I have a bunch of records which have an 008 which look like this:
=008  100429s9999\\\\xxu\\\\\s\\\\f000\0\eng\a

I'd like to take the date information from the 26 subfield c copy it
(leaving the 260 info intact) then paste it into the appropriate place
in the 008.  So if my 260 looks like this:
=260  \\$a[Washington, DC],$c1943.

I want to find a way for MarcEdit to make my new 008 look like this:
=008  100429s1943\\\\xxu\\\\\s\\\\f000\0\eng\a


I thought I had found the answer on Terry's blog from a post  about "a
forgotten MarcEdit subfield editing function"  which says to use the
subfield editing function enter 260 in the field and enter c in the
subfield leave the find are blank and then in the replace area enter
008|7||

But when I do that I get the following result:
=008  100429s1943                   00\0\eng\a

Which puts the date in there like I want but also gets rid of my form
"s" and my gpub "f" and my ctry "xxu"

I'm close, but not close enough. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
I really need that other 008 info to stay intact.

Teressa
--who seems to have learned just enough to cause trouble :-)


Teressa M. Keenan
Metadata and Digital Production Librarian
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
The University of Montana 
32 Campus Drive (MMLA01)
Missoula, MT 59812-9936
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