# Add space to, swap Lastname,Firstname

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-to-swap-lastname-firstname/3483
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 22, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-to-swap-lastname-firstname/3483 "2006-06-22T21:23:14Z")
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### Author: ![josephzitt](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/josephzitt/32/9533_2.png) [@josephzitt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/josephzitt)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-to-swap-lastname-firstname/3483/5 "2024-05-25T11:37:45Z")

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Before I reinvent the wheel: Is there a known way to do something like the reverse, to change a field with, say, "John Coltrane" to "Coltrane, John" by swapping the words and placing a comma after the one moved to the first position? I do this a lot by hand (and realize that I would have to look at the contents before doing it to avoid messing up "Jethro Tull").

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