# Search a field and append another with the results

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-a-field-and-append-another-with-the-results/12472
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 3, 2011, 9:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-a-field-and-append-another-with-the-results/12472 "2011-09-03T09:41:45Z")
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### Author: ![code46](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@code46](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/code46)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-a-field-and-append-another-with-the-results/12472/5 "2011-09-05T01:54:52Z")

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Did some more searching for _lastname, firstname_ sorting and I found [this post](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/3483/2) from the very helpful DetlevD and it works.

T=4  
F=ARTISTSORT  
1=(._) (._)  
2=$2, $1  
3=0

I noticed it did not have the backslash character ' **\</b\>' so I'm figuring my earlier troubles have something to do with how the delimiting character is set in my Mp3tag settings.**

_Edit_ Indeed that was the problem. I have semicolon set as the delimiting character (tagging FLAC for squeezebox server and would like AC/DC to stay AC/DC) in Mp3tag. I replaced the backslashes with semicolons in the other expressions and they now also sort to _lastname, firstname_.

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