# Sort lists by last name
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-lists-by-last-name/15509
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 15, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-lists-by-last-name/15509 "2014-02-15T16:11:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@tnelly](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tnelly)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-lists-by-last-name/15509/1 "2014-02-15T16:11:56Z")
I want to create a composersort field that sorts by composer's last name.
The information is in the composer field and I want to transpose first and last names and copy them to the composersort field. In other words,
from
field composer --- James Joyce
to
field composer sort -- Joyce, James
The post below is sort of the reverse of what I want to do, but I don't know enough about the expressions to adapt it to my need.
[Editing Composers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/15150/1)
Many thanks.
---
### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-lists-by-last-name/15509/2 "2014-02-15T16:30:27Z")
create an action of the type "Replace with regular expression" for the field composersort.
Enter as Search String: (._) (._)
Enter as Replace String: $2, $1
Works only for names that really only are composed of a first and a last name and not several first names.
---
### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-lists-by-last-name/15509/3 "2014-02-15T18:29:21Z")
> [@tnelly](#):
>
> I want to create a composersort field that sorts by composer's last name. The information is in the composer field and I want to transpose first and last names and copy them to the composersort field. ...
Read there ...
[Composersort mit mehreren Personen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/11298/3)
[Composersort mit mehreren Personen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/11298/5)
DD.20140215.2029.CET
---
### Author:  [@tnelly](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tnelly)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-lists-by-last-name/15509/4 "2014-02-18T21:20:53Z")
> [@DetlevD](#):
>
> Read there ...
> [Composersort mit mehreren Personen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/11298/3)
> [Composersort mit mehreren Personen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/11298/5)
>
> DD.20140215.2029.CET
Danke.
---
### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-lists-by-last-name/15509/5 "2026-02-09T12:24:55Z")