# Insert sequential number at beginning of title field
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-sequential-number-at-beginning-of-title-field/63729
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 10, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-sequential-number-at-beginning-of-title-field/63729 "2024-02-10T14:43:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@djScottie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djScottie)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-sequential-number-at-beginning-of-title-field/63729/1 "2024-02-10T14:43:10Z")
(Yes, I've searched. No, I've not found an applicable answer.)
I need to INSERT a sequential number at the beginning of each title field for tracks in a folder. The existing title needs to remain. I've manually sorted the files in MP3tag.
- The track numbers are correct, and I am aware of the string "$num(%track%,3)", but don't know how to INSERT the string at the beginning of each title tag.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-sequential-number-at-beginning-of-title-field/63729/2 "2024-02-10T14:46:23Z")
You can try Convert Tag -\> Tag
Field:
TITLE
and a Format string:
`$num(%track%,3) %title%`
or
`$num(%track%,3) - %title%`
if you want to separate the number from the existing title.
With Convert Tag -\> Tag you can see the result in the preview immediately and you can adjust it to your needs.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-sequential-number-at-beginning-of-title-field/63729/3 "2024-02-10T14:55:38Z")
> [@djScottie](#):
>
> No, I've not found an applicable answer
Just for the sake of this forum: the search words "insert number" give e.g. this thread as result:
> [@Insert Track Number Into Title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-track-number-into-title/1783):
>
> This should be simple but does not work. I would like to insert into the TITLE tag the track number. Currently there is a dummy string "#" in the title tag and I wish to replace it with the actual track number. I'm using the Replace with Regular Expression, where "Field" = "TITLE", "Regular expression" = "#", and "Replace matches with" = "$num(%track%,3)". This returns a value of '000'. I'm expecting the actual value of the track number padded with two zeros. How can I get this to work? Thanks.…
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### Author:  [@djScottie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djScottie)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-sequential-number-at-beginning-of-title-field/63729/4 "2024-02-10T15:05:15Z")
Worked flawlessly LyricsLover. Thank you. I'm still learning.
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### Author:  [@djScottie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djScottie)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-sequential-number-at-beginning-of-title-field/63729/5 "2024-02-10T15:28:45Z")
Thank you again Obiwan Ohrenkino. 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-sequential-number-at-beginning-of-title-field/63729/6 "2024-03-11T15:28:47Z")
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