# Grabbing Numbers before or after /
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grabbing-numbers-before-or-after/44369
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 30, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grabbing-numbers-before-or-after/44369 "2019-01-30T03:19:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@johnmillsjr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/johnmillsjr)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grabbing-numbers-before-or-after/44369/1 "2019-01-30T03:19:58Z")
Hi folks,
I have recently decided to change my disc-numbering system to use %totaldiscs%.
Right now i use #/# ie 3/4 or 11/14 in %discnumber%
i want to copy '#' ie /# or /## without the slash into %totaldiscs% and then remove the / and numbers after it from %discumber%
i can't use $cut due to the mix of singular and double numbers
Is there away to select numbers before and after a symbol in tag-tag or some other tool?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2019, 6:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grabbing-numbers-before-or-after/44369/2 "2019-01-30T06:06:05Z")
You can use an action of the type "Guess value"
Source: %discnumber%
Pattern: %discnumber%/%totaldiscs%
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### Author:  [@johnmillsjr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/johnmillsjr)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2019, 7:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grabbing-numbers-before-or-after/44369/3 "2019-01-30T07:58:34Z")
Worked like a charm!
Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grabbing-numbers-before-or-after/44369/4 "2026-02-09T12:27:53Z")