# "or" operator in regular expressions

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/or-operator-in-regular-expressions/4398
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [January 31, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/or-operator-in-regular-expressions/4398 "2007-01-31T03:44:40Z")
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### Author: ![zambaretzu](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/df788c/32.png) [@zambaretzu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zambaretzu)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/or-operator-in-regular-expressions/4398/1 "2007-01-31T03:44:40Z")

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Say I want to turn all of:  
**string1 string2 string3** into **string0**

Is this possible to do in a single action? I tried **(string1|string2|string3)** but it doesn't seem to work.

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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: [January 31, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/or-operator-in-regular-expressions/4398/2 "2007-01-31T12:48:18Z")

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I have no problem.  
What's your example that doesn't work?