# Possible to prompt for a value in an action? **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/possible-to-prompt-for-a-value-in-an-action/66408 **Category:** Support **Created:** [November 3, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/possible-to-prompt-for-a-value-in-an-action/66408 "2024-11-03T03:08:45Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino) #### Post date: [November 3, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/possible-to-prompt-for-a-value-in-an-action/66408/2 "2024-11-03T06:50:19Z")
There is no way to prompt for anything while executing actions. See e.g. here: > [@Is there an Action %ask% capability?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-an-action-ask-capability/16593): > > I have an action to trim a number of characters from the front of a Title (My) Problem is the number of characters varies and I have to edit the action statement For ex -- this will delete 4 char: $right(%title%,$sub($len(%title%),4)) and if I need to delete 2 then I have to edit it to $right(%title%,$sub($len(%title%),2)) Sometime I forget and run it with the old/wrong number If the action 'language' would allow (if it already does, I did't find it) a 'run time' input, possibly with a pr… If you want to use varying expressions, Convert\>Tag-Tag may be an alternative. In "Manage History ..." you can set names for format strings and so retrieve them easily. Or, the use of a filter would also be an option to limit down the number of files to match the set parameters. As you do not give a real example of the data, I can only suggest in general that perhaps the currently used expression is not the best for the purpose, e.g. `$regexp(%title%,\d+\s*,)` would remove any leading digit. But to get a better format string would require a real example. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/possible-to-prompt-for-a-value-in-an-action/66408)._