# Count \* in comment field to put in rating field
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-in-comment-field-to-put-in-rating-field/13997
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 14, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-in-comment-field-to-put-in-rating-field/13997 "2012-10-14T21:58:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Sogree](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sogree)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-in-comment-field-to-put-in-rating-field/13997/1 "2012-10-14T21:58:20Z")
I would like to ‘format/fill in’ the (winamp?) rating field based on information stored in my comment field.
All my comment fields now list different ratings in this format (4 examples):
\*\*\*&v or \*\*\*\*\*t or \*\*r or \*&c
The number of stars (max 5) represent the star-rating I would like to put in the Winamp rating field. So a \*\*\*t would get a 3 star rating.
So basically the ‘format field’ action should count the number of \* and fill in the corresponding number in the rating field.
My question: What ‘format string’ do I use for the ‘rating Winamp’ field? I checked the scripting page and used the search function but there is nothing related to counting.
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### Author:  [@Sogree](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sogree)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-in-comment-field-to-put-in-rating-field/13997/2 "2012-10-14T22:35:56Z")
This does the trick:
%comment%$strrchr(\*,%comment%)
Except for .flac files..... any tip?
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-in-comment-field-to-put-in-rating-field/13997/3 "2026-02-09T12:24:07Z")