# Action to get number
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-get-number/51032
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 3, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-get-number/51032 "2020-12-03T20:16:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Romano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Romano)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-get-number/51032/1 "2020-12-03T20:16:07Z")
is there an action to auto number the songs?
i have an action group, but it lacks that.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-get-number/51032/2 "2020-12-03T20:19:46Z")
there is the special variable %\_counter% that returns an ascending number sequence for each of the currently selected files.
It does not quite work like the track numbering assistant as there is no trigger to reset the counter.
use %\_counter% in a format string, e.g. an action of the type "Format value".
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### Author:  [@Romano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Romano)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-get-number/51032/3 "2020-12-03T20:42:38Z")
Thank you that worked very nice.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-get-number/51032/4 "2021-01-02T20:42:41Z")
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