# Importing actions from Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Mac\ **Created:** [September 24, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-actions-from-windows/58567 "2022-09-24T02:43:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**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:** [September 24, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-actions-from-windows/58567/8 "2022-09-24T07:05:08Z")
What i said was that the code that you supplied with that hard to read listing does not lead to the expected result of swapping words. I would use 2 actions of the type "Format value" for the artistsort field: Format string: `$regexp(%artist%,'(.*) (.*) (.*)','$2, $3 $1')` and the next: Format string: `$regexp(%artist%,'(.*?) (.*)','$2, $1')` Edit: why was it necessary to import the actions from Windows as you got a solution for the Mac already: > [@AlbumArtistSort and ArtistSort - switch first and last names](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumartistsort-and-artistsort-switch-first-and-land-names/55992/14): > > I had a look at the expression used in #17 and it seems to me that an escape of the opening bracket in the first match group is missing. A correct expression would be ^([^,\[]+)\s([^,\[]+)$ The same applies to the expression using in #18 ^([^,\[]+)\s([^,\[]+)\s(\[.+\])$ --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-actions-from-windows/58567)._