# Split country GB, GBGB, GBGBGB to GB, GB;GB, GB;GB;GB

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-country-gb-gbgb-gbgbgb-to-gb-gb-gb-gb-gb-gb/69495
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 21, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-country-gb-gbgb-gbgbgb-to-gb-gb-gb-gb-gb-gb/69495 "2025-08-21T18:24:30Z")
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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: [August 21, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-country-gb-gbgb-gbgbgb-to-gb-gb-gb-gb-gb-gb/69495/4 "2025-08-21T20:28:58Z")

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I tried to make clear that you have to execute the action a couple of times.  
As I said: it splits 4 consecutive capital letters into 2 pairs.  
So if you have GB;GBGB, then you simply have to run the action again to get GB;GB;GB.  
And if there are 4 douplettes, you have to run it 3 times.

To remove duplicates, it would mean to first sort the list and then apply an even more complicated regular expression like e.g. from this thread:

> [@Merge duplicate words](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-duplicate-words/16289):
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> Hi, I would like to find in genre duplicate words and merge them together. This is an example of genre tag: Before AFRICA; AFRICA; NATURAL WORLD; NATURE STUDY; NATURE; DRAMA ADVENTURE; DRAMA WORLD; PERCUSSION; INSTRUMENTS SOLO PERCUSSION; WILDLIFE MOVEMENT; DRAMA ADVENTURE; AFRICA; FILM STYLES ANCIENT ROME; AFRICA After AFRICA; NATURAL WORLD; NATURE STUDY; NATURE; DRAMA WORLD; PERCUSSION; INSTRUMENTS SOLO PERCUSSION; WILDLIFE MOVEMENT; DRAMA ADVENTURE; FILM STYLES ANCIENT ROME ; is the …

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