# Help with a regular expression action to replace & with 'and' **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [October 8, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-a-regular-expression-action-to-replace-with-and/58718 "2022-10-08T06:00:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdog](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@tdog](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tdog)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-a-regular-expression-action-to-replace-with-and/58718/1 "2022-10-08T06:00:24Z")
I need to create an action that will replace the "&" sign with "And" only when & is the first word in either the title or the artist. I read the regular expression help but I can't say I understood much 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 8, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-a-regular-expression-action-to-replace-with-and/58718/2 "2022-10-08T06:47:16Z")
Could you give a real example of text in which you want to have it replaced an where you don't? An action of the type "Format value" for ARTIST and Format string: `$regexp(%artist%,'^\&',And)` may work - but I hardly know any Artist that starts with & ---
**Author:** ![tdog](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@tdog](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tdog)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-a-regular-expression-action-to-replace-with-and/58718/3 "2022-10-08T07:02:57Z")
Your fellow Germans "And One" is the perfect example. I think I may have just figured it out. Field: ALL RegExp: ^&\s+ Replace with: And Seems to have worked for me. I may have found a small glitch. I created an action called Replace & with And. The action display shows "\_" instead of the "&" under Actions. It displays correctly under Action Groups. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2022, 7:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-a-regular-expression-action-to-replace-with-and/58718/4 "2022-10-08T07:06:14Z")
> [@tdog](#): > > I may have found a small glitch. No glitch, a feature. The & is used to markup keyboard shortcuts. See the documentation on actions: > **[Actions – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/)** > > Documentation on Quick Actions and Action Groups that covers replace text, case conversion, tag to tag conversion, duplicate field handling, batch cover import/export, and more. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. ---
**Author:** ![tdog](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@tdog](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tdog)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-a-regular-expression-action-to-replace-with-and/58718/5 "2022-10-08T07:16:27Z")
Thanks, I read it, can't say I understand. Coding is not my strong side, sorry. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-a-regular-expression-action-to-replace-with-and/58718/6 "2022-10-08T07:18:00Z")
I was referring to the section on how to create keyboard shortcuts with the ampersand. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2022, 8:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-a-regular-expression-action-to-replace-with-and/58718/7 "2022-10-09T08:35:35Z")
16 posts were split to a new topic: [Moving "feat." from title to artist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-feat-from-title-to-artist/58744) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 8:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-a-regular-expression-action-to-replace-with-and/58718/8 "2022-11-08T08:35:50Z")
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