# Remedy to unwanted \\\\ field split, please

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remedy-to-unwanted-field-split-please/13139
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [February 25, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remedy-to-unwanted-field-split-please/13139 "2012-02-25T19:00:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remedy-to-unwanted-field-split-please/13139/1 "2012-02-25T19:00:09Z")

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If on V2.49 I edit a field containing "\\" in the mail panel, Mp3tag changes "\\" to ", " and ALT+T shows the field has been split.

This is HIGHLY UNDESIRABLE e.g. causes this:

[\\ problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/13136/5)

I really cannot see why Mp3tag interprets a pre-existing \\ as a request for a field split. Please would it not do so, and thereby preserve the \\ unchanged . On an option, if necessary.

Thanks.

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### Author: ![JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/jj_johnson/32/67_2.png) [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remedy-to-unwanted-field-split-please/13139/2 "2012-02-28T18:32:27Z")

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> [@chrisjj](#):
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> I really cannot see why Mp3tag interprets a pre-existing \\ as a request for a field split.

How should it know that it was "pre-existing"? That gets messy trying to figure out what existed prior to editing a field.

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> Please would it not do so, and thereby preserve the \\ unchanged . On an option, if necessary.

The option should be to allow users to designate a different character string to be used for splitting fields.

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### Author: ![chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remedy-to-unwanted-field-split-please/13139/3 "2012-02-28T20:26:24Z")

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> [@JJ Johnson](#):
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> How should it know that it was "pre-existing"?

The fact it was present before the edit.

> [@JJ Johnson](#):
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> That gets messy trying to figure out what existed prior to editing a field.

Agreed, esp. where there's a mixture of preexisting and newly entered.

> [@JJ Johnson](#):
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> The option should be to allow users to designate a different character string to be used for splitting fields.

And no character string to be used for splitting fields.