# Can i copy a field to another?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [October 12, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245 "2018-10-12T17:15:36Z")
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### Author: ![rama](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/rama/32/10166_2.png) [@rama](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rama)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-copy-a-field-to-another/43245/5 "2018-10-12T18:21:09Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> e: If you want to copy all possible values of a field (in case you have multiple artist fields), the internal scripting function [$meta\_sep](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting) can

hi  
i have tried this

> ### How to copy one field value to another field?
> 
> Example how to copy the content of the ARTIST field to the ALBUMARTIST field:
> 
> Create a [new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2) in an existing action group or make a new action group.
> 
> Action type: Format value  
> Field: **ALBUMARTIST**  
> Format string: **`%artist%`**

i set like this

![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ca49745ab4d52457de85a31ff6ecb1337fb8258b.png)

in short to copy the content of composer "moby" to comment  
after the action , the composer field disapear and i have no comment  
look before and after  
before  
 ![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9295943a679af3e5e91147af73f3375ff2744428.png)  
after  
 ![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/9/908d844fbdb2288de74d73ae8e0fcc031ca13a38.png)

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