# Separate artists/composer/etc. with ", " and "& "

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/separate-artists-composer-etc-with-and/60536>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 30, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/separate-artists-composer-etc-with-and/60536 "2023-03-30T06:26:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![tastiness6140](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@tastiness6140](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tastiness6140)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/separate-artists-composer-etc-with-and/60536/1 "2023-03-30T06:26:33Z")

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I have some fields with multi-values such as composer (%composer%), featuring artists (%featuring%), artist (%artist%), etc.  
I want to merge a certain field with multi-values with a separators ", " and "& ". I want mp3tag to determine the number of entries to a field and append "& " on the last part of the entry.

For example:

Original: Jack Antonoff\\Lana Del Rey\\Judah Smith  
New: Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & Judah Smith

Original: Lana Del Rey\\Jon Batiste  
New: Lana Del Rey & Jon Batiste

How can I achieve this? So far I can do basic action such as merging fields with a ", " separator.  
I'd appreciate anyone who's willing to help. Thank you so much.

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**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:** [March 30, 2023, 6:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/separate-artists-composer-etc-with-and/60536/2 "2023-03-30T06:49:57Z")

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First merge the fields with the separator "`,`".

Then apply an action of the type "Replace with regular expression"  
Search string: `(.*), (.*?)`  
Replace string: `$1 & $2`

Please note that if will be difficult to reverse that manipulation as there are artists with names like  
Earth, Wind & Fire  
Bell, Book & Candle  
Blood, Sweat & Tears  
Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band  
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich  
Emerson, Lake & Palmer  
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis  
Stock, Aitken & Waterman  
Up, Bustle & Out

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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:** [April 29, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/separate-artists-composer-etc-with-and/60536/3 "2023-04-29T06:50:30Z")

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