# How to remove everything after comma
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [July 1, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143 "2018-07-01T14:10:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@swarup](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/swarup)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/1 "2018-07-01T14:10:18Z")
i want removed all content after comma find **comma**
like artist name have
**Shashwat Singh, Poorvi Koutish**
i wants
just this **Shashwat Singh**
please help me thanks
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/2 "2018-07-01T14:20:02Z")
You could try an action of the type "Replace with regular expression"
Search string: `,.*$`
Replace string:
(leave empty)
or an action of the type "Guess value"
Source: %artist%
Target: %artist%, %dummy%
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### Author:  [@swarup](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/swarup)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/3 "2018-07-01T14:30:19Z")
here is the code i am trying to export this `%artist%`
how to removed everything after comma find
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### Author:  [@swarup](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/swarup)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/4 "2018-07-01T14:40:07Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> ,.\*$
i dont wants just comma removed All Character after comma
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/5 "2018-07-01T14:43:17Z")
see the help on the correct syntax for scripting expressions:
> **[Scripting Functions – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting/#string-functions)**
>
> Documentation on Mp3tag's scripting functions. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
> **[Scripting Functions – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting/#string-functions)**
>
> Documentation on Mp3tag's scripting functions. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
I do not see the place where you want to remove everything following the comma.
The $replace() statement that you use replaces a blank with a hyphen.
To deal with a pattern, you would have to use a regular expression, or the $regexp() function in scripting, e.g.
`$regexp(%artist%,',.*$',)`
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/6 "2018-07-01T14:46:03Z")
> [@swarup](#):
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> i dont wants just comma removed All Character after comma
Would you please try it first?
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### Author:  [@swarup](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/swarup)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/7 "2018-07-01T15:02:22Z")
$regexp(%artist%,',.\*$',) its work but now how replace space to - this ?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/8 "2018-07-01T15:29:57Z")
you can use them as nested expressions:
`$replace($regexp(%artist%,',.*$',),' ',-)`
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### Author:  [@swarup](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/swarup)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/9 "2018-07-01T17:37:56Z")
great thank you
if i want to cut before coma all text how gonna work this ?
like Shashwat Singh, Poorvi Koutish
to
just this Poorvi Koutish
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/10 "2018-07-01T17:42:56Z")
> [@swarup](#):
>
> Shashwat Singh, Poorvi Koutish
like this:
`$regexp('Shashwat Singh, Poorvi Koutish','.*, ',)`
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### Author:  [@swarup](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/swarup)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/11 "2018-07-01T18:03:01Z")
how to use if function there ? its possbily ?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/12 "2018-07-01T18:12:18Z")
> [@swarup](#):
>
> how to is if function there ?
This is a very general question.
have a look at the links I provided a couple of posts above.
You will find
$If
$eql
etc.
so if you want to do a comparison "if artist equals this, then do a) else do b)"
it would look like this
$if($eql(%artist%,%composer%),a,b)
set whatever you want to be done instead of "a" and instead of "b"
But It may be easier to use filters and so first treat the "a" cases and then the "b" cases"
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### Author:  [@swarup](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/swarup)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/13 "2018-07-01T18:49:40Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> $if($eql(%artist%,%composer%),a,b)
`$lower($replace($regexp(%artist%,'.*, ',),' ',-))`
this will gentore after comma
now i wants if dont have comma its will empty
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/14 "2018-07-01T19:02:48Z")
> [@swarup](#):
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> this will gentore after comma
Sorry, now I am a little lost what you mean
and also what you want.
Is it that you want to check if there is a comma and if so: do it.
And if there is no comma: do not do anything except replace space with hyphen?
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### Author:  [@swarup](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/swarup)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/15 "2018-07-01T19:13:07Z")
if dont have comma (2nd artist) all code will be empty
`$regexp(%artist%,'.*, ',)`
default displaying 1st artist if dont have 2nd artist
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### Author:  [@swarup](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/swarup)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/16 "2018-07-01T19:21:15Z")
Artist name: `$regexp(%artist%,',.*$',), $regexp(%artist%,'.*, ',)`
if i have one artist name its showing dublicket if have 2 two artist name that's fine
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-everything-after-comma/42143/17 "2018-07-02T05:13:00Z")
> [@swarup](#):
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> if i have one artist name its showing dublicket if have 2 two artist name that's fine
Yes, this is the way the regular expression function works: if there is no hit for the pattern, then you get the source string back.
As I said: filtering would be an option.