# Need help with replace Action

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-with-replace-action/7206
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 16, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-with-replace-action/7206 "2008-09-16T14:35:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![MuckleEck](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@MuckleEck](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MuckleEck)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-with-replace-action/7206/1 "2008-09-16T14:35:07Z")

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Hi,

I have the complete works by Bach \*The Bach Edition" and wish to add the CD Volume and Disc Number into the Album title i.e.

Current Album Title

Bach Edition: Masses BWV 233 & 234

Current CD Number

V-03

I want to make the Album name as follows:-

Bach Edition V-03: Masses BWV 233 & 234

It is easy enough to do on a CD by CD basis...there are 155 of them.

Is there a way of putting the vale of another field into the "Replace With:" expression?

TIA

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### Author: ![MuckleEck](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@MuckleEck](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MuckleEck)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-with-replace-action/7206/2 "2008-09-19T05:00:49Z")

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OK...worked out a solution but it is not elegant

1. Export the Album and the CD Number tag to a csv file
2. Open csv file in Excel and with a couple of formulas insert the CD Number into the middle of the Album name string
3. Sort the column on CD NUmber
4. Save the resultant column as a text file
5. Back in mp3tag convert text file to tag for Album name ensuring that sort on CD Number has been done first...
6. Wait a few minutes as all 3000 tracks are done

HOWEVER

It would be nice ot be able to refer to other tags within the replace action

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-with-replace-action/7206/3 "2008-09-19T05:18:32Z")

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You could use "Format value" action with _$replace(%album%,Bach Edition,Bach Edition %discnumber%)_

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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, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-with-replace-action/7206/4 "2026-02-09T12:21:06Z")

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