# Copy and replace actions for tag field with multiple values
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-and-replace-actions-for-tag-field-with-multiple-values/4744
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 14, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-and-replace-actions-for-tag-field-with-multiple-values/4744 "2007-04-14T18:51:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@randym](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/randym)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-and-replace-actions-for-tag-field-with-multiple-values/4744/1 "2007-04-14T18:51:55Z")
There are instances when I’d like to tag various artist alums with one artist but preserve the detailed artist information in a custom tag (TRACKARTIST). After ripping, the artist fields have multiple artists separated by “\\”. I wish to copy this information to TRACKARTIST with a “;” delimiter and then manually change the artist tag.
When I use “format value” to copy artist to trackartist, only the first artist copies. If I try to replace the \\ with ; prior to the copy, the replace operation leaves me with only the first artist.
For the various actions, it appears that %artist% references only the first artist when there is more than one. Is there a way to reference each of the various artists?
More generally, any suggestions for how I can accomplish my objective?
Thanks,
Randy
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### Author:  [@randym](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/randym)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-and-replace-actions-for-tag-field-with-multiple-values/4744/2 "2007-04-17T22:46:20Z")
For anyone else interested, my solution was to use action "merge duplicate fields" to combine the multiple artists into one artist field and then copied to trackartist.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-and-replace-actions-for-tag-field-with-multiple-values/4744/3 "2026-02-09T12:20:15Z")