# Need some RegExp help
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-some-regexp-help/12882
**Category:** Web Sources Discussion
**Created:** [December 30, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-some-regexp-help/12882 "2011-12-30T13:50:55Z")
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-some-regexp-help/12882/1 "2011-12-30T13:50:55Z")
I got a personal message from ra7h35m20s, Yesterday, 10:28, and pull it up into common Web Sources Discussion.
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> I am trying to find a way to replace spaces with hypens in a script I am working on. The URL looks like this now ....
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> [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/From](http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/From) the End/id366507575
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> But I need it to look like this....
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> [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/From-the-End/id366507575](http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/From-the-End/id366507575)
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> I worked out a simple RegExp that formats the input correctly in the Search dialog box however, I am not able to set up that same functionality for it to work in the script ....
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> Here is the script portion....
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> # URL
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> say "[http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/](http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/)"
> findline "wrapperType""
> findinline ""collectionName":""
> sayregexp "("collectionName":") (\s\*-)"
> sayuntil """
> say "/id"
> findline "wrapperType""
> findinline ""collectionId":"
> sayuntil ","
> say "|"
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Hmm ... this is not a correct URL ...
[http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/From](http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/From) the End/id366507575
... should be written as ...
[http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/From%20th...End/id366507575](http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/From%20the%20End/id366507575)
... to be used in the address line of a browser.
To change the space character resp. its hexadecimal representation to hyphen character, use a function $replace or $regexp.
I do not understand what the 'script portion' has to do with the URL and what you want to achieve within your websource script.
Others?
DD.20111230.1549.CET
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-some-regexp-help/12882/2 "2011-12-30T14:15:11Z")
I think this replacement is not needed because the url with hyphens is available in the "collectionViewUrl" key.