# Format Title with and incremental number **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [February 8, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-title-with-and-incremental-number/51916 "2021-02-08T22:05:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sosullivan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@sosullivan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sosullivan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-title-with-and-incremental-number/51916/1 "2021-02-08T22:05:34Z")
Hi folks, Hope someone can help with my question: I'd like to add an action that adds a number at the beginning of each track for example: 35 - 01 - Blah.mp3 and next time 36 - 01 - Bleh.mp3 I know how to make the rule but at the moment I have to edit the rule each time and change the first number. I would ideally like capture my choice of number and put that into the action dynamically. Hope this makes sense Seamus ---
**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:** [February 9, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-title-with-and-incremental-number/51916/2 "2021-02-09T05:42:26Z")
Unfortunately, you don't tell us how you do it at the moment. That could have been something to build on. In a function or action that allows a format string, you could use %\_counter% as number. This starts always at "1". So if you need an offset, you have to $add() that offset to %\_counter%. And to be honest: > [@sosullivan](#): > > 35 - 01 - Blah.mp3 does not look like the metadata field TITLE but suspicioulsy like the filename. ---
**Author:** ![sosullivan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@sosullivan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sosullivan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-title-with-and-incremental-number/51916/3 "2021-02-09T09:00:30Z")
Hi there. I didn't explain myself correctly. I have tracks as follows: 01 – Filename.mp3 02 – Filename.mp3 Etc And I want to add a week number at the beginning as follows: 35 – 01- Filename.mp3 35 - 02 – Filename.mp3 Which would increment each week etc I have built an action as follows: Actions/Format value/ Field: "\_FILENAME" Format string: " 35 - %title%" My question is how to increment that number without having to edit the action each time manually. I would ideally like to get the number by means of the user input (for example) and the result being used in the action. Hope I have explained better and thanks for any help you can offer Cheers Seamus ---
**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:** [February 9, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-title-with-and-incremental-number/51916/4 "2021-02-09T09:06:25Z")
> [@sosullivan](#): > > by means of the user input (for example) If you use Convert\>Tag-Filename then you have the user input. This function also remembers a couple of preferred masks and presents them with an incremental search. Actions do not have the option to ask for settings while running. ---
**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, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-title-with-and-incremental-number/51916/5 "2026-02-09T12:29:03Z")