# How to format \[SearchBy\] field for a single letter

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-format-searchby-field-for-a-single-letter/14532>\
**Category:** Web Sources Discussion\
**Created:** [March 12, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-format-searchby-field-for-a-single-letter/14532 "2013-03-12T04:39:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![tbum20](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/fbc32d/32.png) [@tbum20](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tbum20)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-format-searchby-field-for-a-single-letter/14532/1 "2013-03-12T04:39:49Z")

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I need to add the first letter of an artist to the [SearchBy] field.

ex.  
Artist= baton rouge  
Title= dident i

This is what I currently have,  
[SearchBy]=$replace($lower(%artist%/%title%),&,%%26,?,).html  
which translates to:  
"baton\_rouge/didnt\_i.html"

I need the search to translate to:  
"b/baton\_rouge/didnt\_i.html"  
-Adding the value "b" which is the first letter of the artist "baton\_rouge".

The "?" is where the string needs to be:  
[SearchBy]=$replace($lower("?"/%artist%/%title%),&,%%26,?,).html

Thanks for any help.

-TB

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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:** [March 12, 2013, 8:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-format-searchby-field-for-a-single-letter/14532/2 "2013-03-12T08:13:03Z")

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$left(%artist%,1)