# Insert space in titles, artists, albums, etc
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-space-in-titles-artists-albums-etc/63940
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 29, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-space-in-titles-artists-albums-etc/63940 "2024-02-29T21:38:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@djerniehoule](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djerniehoule)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-space-in-titles-artists-albums-etc/63940/1 "2024-02-29T21:38:49Z")
I have a few songs that look like this "4&20" and some like this "4 & 20" How to set the first to look like the second example without disturbing the correct one?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-space-in-titles-artists-albums-etc/63940/2 "2024-02-29T21:45:58Z")
You could try to replace your `&` character with
`space & space`
> [@djerniehoule](#):
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> without disturbing the correct one
One easy way could be:
Replace the wrongly builded
`space space & space space`
back to
`space & space`
I think there could be a regular expression solution for this case.
Maybe I can provide such a solution tomorrow.
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### Author:  [@djerniehoule](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djerniehoule)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-space-in-titles-artists-albums-etc/63940/3 "2024-02-29T21:47:39Z")
are you saying actually type the word space?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-space-in-titles-artists-albums-etc/63940/4 "2024-02-29T21:48:14Z")
No, use a normal space.
It's just nearly impossible to show a space in this forum (using text only):
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### Author:  [@djerniehoule](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djerniehoule)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-space-in-titles-artists-albums-etc/63940/5 "2024-02-29T21:50:45Z")
lol right? But yes I have tried that in actions/replace where it searched for space&space and changed to &, but it affected even the correct ones. The start was "`4&20`" and changed those to "`4 & 20`", but the existing ones were changed to "`4 & 20`"
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-space-in-titles-artists-albums-etc/63940/6 "2024-02-29T21:53:00Z")
Try:
Format string: `$regexp($replace(%title%,&, & ),\s+, )`
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-space-in-titles-artists-albums-etc/63940/7 "2024-02-29T21:56:32Z")
Yep, that's what I meant with "change the double space back to space & space" 😉
@ohrenkino's solution does it in one step 👍
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### Author:  [@djerniehoule](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djerniehoule)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-space-in-titles-artists-albums-etc/63940/8 "2024-03-01T01:05:33Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> $regexp($replace(%title%,&, & ),\s+, )
you guys are awesome thanks!
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2024, 7:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-space-in-titles-artists-albums-etc/63940/9 "2024-03-01T07:32:59Z")
A note to future readers:
Please be aware that the change from
&
to
⎵&⎵
also changes ARTIST names to a maybe not wanted (not expected) new name.
_⎵ is only the visible representation of a space_
Bands/Artists with a & in theyr name like
`&*!!%`
or the japanese singer with the name
`&`
or the group
`Y&T`
would be changed to a wrong written new name.
The same is true for ALBUM names. There are dozens of albums with the name
`&`
and some like
`+&+` or `-&-`
which would be wrongly changed to
⎵&⎵
and
`+ & +` or `- & -`
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-space-in-titles-artists-albums-etc/63940/10 "2024-03-01T07:41:24Z")
in my collection I have replaced all the "featurings" and "vs" with `<& ...>`.
So, adding blanks to the & would lead to `< & ...>` which I would not welcome.
This means that a good knowledge of the data is mandatory to avoid nasty side effects that cause just as much work as getting the other stuff right.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-space-in-titles-artists-albums-etc/63940/11 "2024-03-31T07:41:59Z")
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