# $caps2() does not convert between parens b
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/caps2-does-not-convert-between-parens-b/64990
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 8, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/caps2-does-not-convert-between-parens-b/64990 "2024-06-08T13:13:18Z")
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### Author:  [@raymondjiii](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/raymondjiii)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/caps2-does-not-convert-between-parens-b/64990/1 "2024-06-08T13:13:18Z")
Hi, I have a common track name pattern like the following example:
"some song from NYC (recorded live)"
Using an Action (with case conversion) I get:
"Some Song From Nyc (Recorded Live)"
Using Tag - Tag convert... with $caps2(%title%) I get:
"Some Song From NYC (recorded live)"
What I want is:
"Some Song From NYC (Recorded Live)"
I like how $caps2() works except it doesn't convert within the parens. Is there a way to make this work? (What I want is all words to have first characters capitalized, leave existing capitalized characters as is, apply the same previous two rules between parens ( ) and brackets
I see another post that states: "add the brackets as delimiter between words." I am not sure how to edit my action to do that and even if I did can I still use the $caps2() method to leave existing caps in place?
Thank you, Ray
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/caps2-does-not-convert-between-parens-b/64990/2 "2024-06-08T13:23:43Z")
You could use
`$caps2(some song from NYC (recorded live),'( ')`
or short
`$caps2(%title%,'( ')`
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### Author:  [@raymondjiii](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/raymondjiii)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/caps2-does-not-convert-between-parens-b/64990/3 "2024-06-08T14:58:48Z")
Thank you, I am going to try that. If I want the brackets as well would that be:
$caps(%title%, '([ ')
?
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@raymondjiii](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/raymondjiii)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/caps2-does-not-convert-between-parens-b/64990/4 "2024-06-08T15:03:37Z")
I did mean $caps2() above.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/caps2-does-not-convert-between-parens-b/64990/5 "2024-06-08T15:04:53Z")
Yes. Add all the characters following which a new word starts that should get a capital letter.
See the documentation:
> **[Scripting Functions – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting/#string-functions)**
>
> Documentation on Mp3tag's scripting functions. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
`$caps2(x,y)` returns the given string x as mixed case without changing uppercase characters. The second parameter y is optional and specifies the characters that trigger upper case.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/caps2-does-not-convert-between-parens-b/64990/6 "2024-07-08T15:05:46Z")
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