# Find a regular expression to split filename into fields

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-a-regular-expression-to-split-filename-into-fields/63166>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 21, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-a-regular-expression-to-split-filename-into-fields/63166 "2023-12-21T11:02:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-a-regular-expression-to-split-filename-into-fields/63166/15 "2023-12-22T15:16:28Z")

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If you only get "I Love you", then your filename is not exactly  
`Michael Jackson & Testing - I Love You.mp3`

I just testet @ohrenkino's format string. It works perfectly for the above filename.  
Pleases double check your real existing filename. Especially if the hyphen (-) is really an ordinary hyphen, also called minus sign. You can check it [here](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/take-part-of-filename-and-copy-it-to-a-field/61477/5).

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