# Any way to use 2nd or last format character?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-use-2nd-or-last-format-character/50925>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 26, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-use-2nd-or-last-format-character/50925 "2020-11-26T05:35:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![tonyaldr](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@tonyaldr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tonyaldr)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-use-2nd-or-last-format-character/50925/1 "2020-11-26T05:35:45Z")

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I have a lot of MP3's and have run into a bit of a pickle when trying to create tags from the filename. For example -

Using the format %album% - %artist% - (%track%) %title% (%year%)  
works great on the following -

The Mozart Collection Vol 05A- Piano Sonatas - Mitsuko Uchida - (03) No 11 in A K331 (1983)

but if I have a filename with a another set of () in the track title like this -

Vivaldi- L'estro armonico, 12 concerti, op. 3 (Disc 1) - I Musici - (01) Concerto no 1, RV 549, in D dur, (I. allegro) (1984)

It puts the (I. allegro) (1984) in the %year% field. Is there any way to pick the last set only?

Thx!

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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:** [November 26, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-use-2nd-or-last-format-character/50925/2 "2020-11-26T05:44:59Z")

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It shows that the brackets are no unique separator.  
You could use something like  
`%album% - %artist% - (%track%) %title%) (%year%)`  
with the loss of the closing bracket.  
But you could filter for such titles with  
`title HAS "(" AND NOT %title% HAS ")"`  
and then add the missing bracket with  
Convert\>Tag-Tag for TITLE  
Format string: `%title%)`

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**Author:** ![tonyaldr](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@tonyaldr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tonyaldr)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-use-2nd-or-last-format-character/50925/3 "2020-11-27T20:00:46Z")

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Thanks! I actually was able to come up with the first part of your suggestion, but I'm not sure how to do the filter part. How would you do that? I don't see any options.

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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:** [November 27, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-use-2nd-or-last-format-character/50925/4 "2020-11-27T20:03:34Z")

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Press F3 to toggle the filter box.  
There enter the filter expression.

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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, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-use-2nd-or-last-format-character/50925/5 "2026-02-09T12:28:56Z")

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