# How to use \[ and \] in title

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-and-in-title/15167>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 4, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-and-in-title/15167 "2013-11-04T16:53:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![EByGum](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@EByGum](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/EByGum)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-and-in-title/15167/1 "2013-11-04T16:53:57Z")

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How do I use the [and] characters in a title. If I put chr$A then I get A but if I put chr$[ I get an error and if I put chr$91 I get 91....

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**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:** [November 4, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-and-in-title/15167/2 "2013-11-04T17:03:58Z")

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If you want to get the square brackets into a field by a format value action or something, enter the brackets in single quotation marks: e.g. '['%artist%']'

As for the $CHR function: you have to enter a value which represents the ASCII code for a particular character, e.g. $chr(32) will create a space, $chr(65) will show an A.

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**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-and-in-title/15167/3 "2013-11-04T17:24:00Z")

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> [@EByGum](#):
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> How do I use the [and] characters in a title. If I put chr$A then I get A but if I put chr$[ I get an error and if I put chr$91 I get 91....

Read there ...  
[Square Brackets as Literals in Actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/10458/4)

... try out the following format string ....

**$ord('[') $char(91) $char(93) $ord(']')**

... and this ...

**'Some Artist [new]' '['%ARTIST%']'**

DD.20131104.1924.CET

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**Author:** ![EByGum](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@EByGum](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/EByGum)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-and-in-title/15167/4 "2013-11-04T19:30:56Z")

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Thanks everyone - it's easy when you know how....... ![:w00t:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/cb01eca72fe9339ff6f3ec9f1e3c5fe002be0f0a.gif ":w00t:")

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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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-and-in-title/15167/5 "2026-02-09T12:24:44Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC