# Add charachters to ARTIST field

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-charachters-to-artist-field/10060
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 7, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-charachters-to-artist-field/10060 "2010-03-07T22:17:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![thorsonb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@thorsonb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thorsonb)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-charachters-to-artist-field/10060/1 "2010-03-07T22:17:44Z")

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Hey guys, back again.. after spending about an hour tryna figure it out myself.

What i basically wann do is add characters at the beginning and at the end of the ARTIST field.

Eg.

I wanna add the characters in the qoutes to the beginning \>\> " **(ft**"  
and the characters in the qoutes to the end of the ARTIST field \>\> "**)**"

Must be very simple to do, but i just cant figure it out.........

\Thanks in advance to whom helps.  
Bless ![:music:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/2ba05d1ade5eb0d15fc173be6f717dbe63890a70.gif ":music:")

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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-charachters-to-artist-field/10060/2 "2010-03-08T05:26:15Z")

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> [@ThorsonB](#):
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> ... to the beginning... to the end of the ARTIST field

the beginning of a field can be found using the special character ^  
the end of field can be found using the special character $

So create an action of the type "Replace with regular expression"  
Search string is ^  
Replace pattern would be (ft.

Create the next action of the type "Replace with regular expression"  
Search string is $  
Replace pattern would be ).

Both actions togehter in an action group would do the incasing job.

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### Author: ![thorsonb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@thorsonb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thorsonb)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-charachters-to-artist-field/10060/3 "2010-03-08T20:20:06Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> the beginning of a field can be found using the special character ^  
> the end of field can be found using the special character $
> 
> So create an action of the type "Replace with regular expression"  
> Search string is ^  
> Replace pattern would be (ft.
> 
> Create the next action of the type "Replace with regular expression"  
> Search string is $  
> Replace pattern would be ).
> 
> Both actions togehter in an action group would do the incasing job.

**Thanks a Million! Works perfectly!** I guess I need to do some more reading on all features on Mp3Tag

Once again Thanks.  
Bless

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-charachters-to-artist-field/10060/4 "2026-02-09T12:22:14Z")

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