# Formatstring

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatstring/1008
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 3, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatstring/1008 "2004-05-03T17:00:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![je79ayps](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@je79ayps](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/je79ayps)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatstring/1008/1 "2004-05-03T17:00:28Z")

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I've upgraded from 2.16 to 2.20 and now I wonder if the formatstring has changed?

Normally I would have this:  
%track% [%artist% - %album%] %title%

Then track would be like 01, 02, 03 - 15, 16, 17.

Now I get 1, 2, 3 - 15, 16, 17.

I have to manually do the first 9 files like this:  
0%track% [%artist% - %album%] %title%

Is there any way to change it back?

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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: [May 3, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatstring/1008/2 "2004-05-03T18:10:42Z")

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instead of %track% use $num("%track%",2)  
also have a look at the helpfile of Mp3tag, it has lots of informations

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### Author: ![je79ayps](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@je79ayps](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/je79ayps)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatstring/1008/3 "2004-05-03T18:18:56Z")

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Thanks!

[sources.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3155bda819bb76cbf00fcb942997f90017ab42f1.zip) (5.55 KB)

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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, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatstring/1008/4 "2026-02-09T12:19:12Z")

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