# format album name

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-album-name/8088
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 16, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-album-name/8088 "2009-03-16T19:52:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![evergreen1](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a9adbd/32.png) [@evergreen1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evergreen1)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-album-name/8088/1 "2009-03-16T19:52:55Z")

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i have got album name as this  
come with me-norah jones[[abc.com](http://abc.com)]

i want it to be like this  
come with me-norah jones

how to get it? kindly give instructions. guess value-- i tried %album%-%album% %dummy% with drastic result.

another example of album name  
beatles-hits of[[abc.com](http://abc.com)]

i want it to be as  
beatles - hits of

another example of artist name  
kenny rogers[[abcdef.com](http://abcdef.com)]

i want it to be  
kenny rogers

when i tried guess values-%artist%[%dummy%] i get kenny as artist name. (only the first word of the name)

kindly give suggestions. thanks in advance.

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-album-name/8088/2 "2009-03-16T21:54:16Z")

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This pattern works for all examples:

_Action type:_ **Guess values**  
_Source format:_ **%album%**  
_Guessing pattern:_ **%album%[%dummy%]**

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### Author: ![evergreen1](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a9adbd/32.png) [@evergreen1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evergreen1)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-album-name/8088/3 "2009-03-17T01:20:21Z")

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but i tried that funtion and got only the first word as album name/artist name-- where it has two.

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### Author: ![evergreen1](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a9adbd/32.png) [@evergreen1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evergreen1)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-album-name/8088/4 "2009-03-17T03:26:40Z")

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> [@evergreen1](#):
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> but i tried that funtion and got only the first word as album name/artist name-- where it has two.

thanks a lot for the suggestions. it works!

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-album-name/8088/5 "2026-02-09T12:21:25Z")

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