# Bug with Equal Sign (=) in FORMAT statement?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bug-with-equal-sign-in-format-statement/16943>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 3, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bug-with-equal-sign-in-format-statement/16943 "2015-06-03T23:31:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rko31415](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@rko31415](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rko31415)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bug-with-equal-sign-in-format-statement/16943/1 "2015-06-03T23:31:50Z")

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T=5  
F=PODCASTURL  
1='[http://www.philfarrand.com/podcast/?feed=rss2](http://www.philfarrand.com/podcast/?feed=rss2)'

The above throws out a syntax error due to the = sign.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

RKO

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**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bug-with-equal-sign-in-format-statement/16943/2 "2015-06-04T05:41:26Z")

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> [@rko31415](#):
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> ... The above throws out a syntax error due to the = sign. ...

While in Mp3tag v2.70 user interface I cannot reproduce the error.

If you edit a mta-file directly with a text editor, then you have to escape special characters.  
For example ... replace the equal sign = with the string \u003d.

DD.20150604.0950.CEST

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**Author:** ![rko31415](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@rko31415](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rko31415)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bug-with-equal-sign-in-format-statement/16943/3 "2015-06-05T11:58:27Z")

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The unicode replacement worked ...

T=5  
F=PODCASTURL  
1='[http://www.philfarrand.com/podcast/?feed'\u003d'rss2](http://www.philfarrand.com/podcast/?feed'%5Cu003d'rss2)'

Thanks

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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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bug-with-equal-sign-in-format-statement/16943/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:42Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC