# Switching first and last name of Artist

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/switching-first-and-last-name-of-artist/11020
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 28, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/switching-first-and-last-name-of-artist/11020 "2010-10-28T16:57:38Z")
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### Author: ![pone](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/pone/32/272_2.png) [@pone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pone)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/switching-first-and-last-name-of-artist/11020/5 "2010-11-26T14:05:38Z")

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> [@Flskydiver](#):
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> Do you have a way to reverse that (remove the comma and put everything before the comma at the end)? Started downloading lyrics and none of the artists in that format are being found...
> 
> Thanks!

to transform "Springsteen, Bruce" into "Bruce Springsteen":  
Action: Format Value  
Field: ARTIST  
Fromatstring: `$regexp(%artist%,(.*)',' (.*),$2 $1)`

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