# Count spaces before a "("

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-spaces-before-a/64679
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 14, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-spaces-before-a/64679 "2024-05-14T14:33:32Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-spaces-before-a/64679/14 "2024-05-15T18:09:21Z")

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There are players that support the ~sort fields, e.g. iTunes, foobar.

What you could still do, if the ~sort field is not evaluated:  
Put the data without "The" into the field TITLE and the original data in TITLESORT.  
If you find a better program that can deal with the TITLESORT field, swap the fields, see the FAQs for that

> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/14):
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> How to swap the contents of 2 tag fields? Example how to swap TITLE and ARTIST: 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: Guess values Source format: %title%~%artist% Guessing pattern: %artist%~%title% Note: The ~ sign is just used to separate the two fields, you could take any other sign that does not appear in your fields, e.g. ¢ or an extended unicode character like ∞ or ∑.

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