# Format value- the skipping of

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-value-the-skipping-of/16705>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 17, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-value-the-skipping-of/16705 "2015-03-17T18:51:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 9:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-value-the-skipping-of/16705/5 "2015-03-19T09:37:31Z")

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> [@zerow](#):
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> ... Alternatively, the $if-tests for those two codes would be also unnecessary if I would use a workaround like this:  
> 1] copy value from TRACK to some XXX tag field  
> 2] run the code  
> 3] copy back the value from XXX to TRACK, but only if the value of XXX do exists [field is not empty]; and of course I don't know how to condition that  
> 4] clear the XXX tag

> [@DetlevD](#):
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> **TEMP \<== %TRACK% TEMP \<== some work on the tag-field TEMP TRACK \<== $if2(%TEMP%,%TRACK%) TEMP \<== $char(0)... or ... Remove tag-field TEMP**

I did it, with the addition of a safe fail feature to the DISCNUMBER

And so here is my whole automated TRACK and DISCNUMBER numbering process; derived from a FILENAME with a 000 / 00 track format at the beginning of it [made with the help of you and user ohrenkino]

So thank you once more

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