# nueb questions

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/nueb-questions/6898
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 1, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/nueb-questions/6898 "2008-06-01T22:43:21Z")
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### Author: ![Sierrajam](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Sierrajam](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sierrajam)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/nueb-questions/6898/1 "2008-06-01T22:43:21Z")

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Hi!

NUEEWbe here.

I love this program. Far better than iTunes which I had used previously

I have searched thru the the archives and FAQs but I have a couple of questions that  
I have not found answers to which I can understand:

1.I am not a programmer and don't know how to create strings in a proper language.  
I have been able to manipulate a couple of strings I found in the forum but I don't  
know why they work or don't work.

```
 Where is a good intro source to understand/learn this process- 
 at least in a very rudimentary elementary way??

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1. what string would I need to convert file name to title tag in the case of:  
filename = number space title.mp3 (E.g.= 01 This Song.mp3)

to a title tag of simply This Song

I want to remove the track number and white space - and also any dashes or  
underscores that might also be in the file name.

I have tried Convert\>Filename to tag with %title% as the string but that does not  
remove the extra characters and numbers from the file name in the changed title.

I am sure there is a string to do this but I can not seem to figure it out since I don't  
know the coding process.

Thanks for this program and any help you can send my way.

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/nueb-questions/6898/2 "2008-06-02T12:52:28Z")

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Please have a look at this documentation resources:

1. [Help: Convert tags from/to filenames](https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters)
2. [Help: Scripting functions](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting)
3. [Help: Actions](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions)

  
A valid format string for Filename - Tag would be  
%track% %title%

Kind regards,  
Florian

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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, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/nueb-questions/6898/3 "2026-02-09T12:20:59Z")

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