# How do I re-order information in a field?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-re-order-information-in-a-field/7808
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 20, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-re-order-information-in-a-field/7808 "2009-01-20T23:47:36Z")
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### Author: ![patrick196508](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ea666f/32.png) [@patrick196508](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/patrick196508)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-re-order-information-in-a-field/7808/1 "2009-01-20T23:47:36Z")

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Hi,

After much searching of the forums and FAQs I haven't found an answer yet to my dilemma.

In iTunes I use the comments field for entering the CD serial number followed by the year of recording in closed brackets.

i.e ABC Classics 432 698-2 [1990]

However, for sorting purposes I wish now to batch convert all my music files so that the bracketed year of recording is at the beginning of the field followed by the serial number

i.e [1990] ABC Classics 432 698-2

Obviously, whilst the bracketed year of recording will always be the same number of characters, the serial numbers will differ in both number and spacing of characters.

Therefore, is it possible to achieve this re-ordering, and if so how could it be done? I would welcome any ideas or assistance.

Regards,

Patrick

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2009, 8:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-re-order-information-in-a-field/7808/2 "2009-01-21T08:25:06Z")

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Hi Patrick,

just use an action **Replace with regular expression** for that:

_Field:_ **COMMENT**  
_Regular expression:_ **(._) ([._])**  
_Replace matches with:_ **$2 $1**

[] case-sensitive comparison

Kind regards,  
Florian

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### Author: ![patrick196508](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ea666f/32.png) [@patrick196508](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/patrick196508)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-re-order-information-in-a-field/7808/3 "2009-01-30T02:11:00Z")

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Hi Florian,

I can't tell you how much I appreciate your assistance. Your solution worked just perfectly, and now all the information is in a format that is so much more useful to me.

Thanks very much,

Patrick

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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, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-re-order-information-in-a-field/7808/4 "2026-02-09T12:21:19Z")

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