# How to change continually repeated letter to single letter

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-continually-repeated-letter-to-single-letter/12668
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 6, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-continually-repeated-letter-to-single-letter/12668 "2011-11-06T20:43:11Z")
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### Author: ![Rajnish357](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Rajnish357](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rajnish357)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-continually-repeated-letter-to-single-letter/12668/1 "2011-11-06T20:43:11Z")

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How to change continually repeated letter to single letter like:

**'---------------------' to '-'**

I think it can be done by using "Replace with regular expression" function but i don't know how to use it..

Please help!

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### Author: ![stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/stevehero/32/337_2.png) [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-continually-repeated-letter-to-single-letter/12668/2 "2011-11-06T23:15:28Z")

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Reg exp: -+  
replace: -

the + simply finds an infinity of the '-'

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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, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-continually-repeated-letter-to-single-letter/12668/3 "2026-02-09T12:23:25Z")

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