Track numbers from malformed filenames

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Hi folks,
I'm trying to organize a fairly large library who's filename structure is constant but badly constructed. When the songs were ripped from source a leading dash (-) between the title and track number was omitted, but a space-dash-space ( - ) was added after the track number. Thus:

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 005 - .mp3
instead of
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again - 005.mp3

What I'm trying to accomplish is to extract the track number from the filename and move it into the TRACK # field, leaving the actual filename to read:
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again.mp3

Thanks in advance!

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As always ... Mp3tag provides several ways to reach the goal ...
here is one way ... using the converter "Tag - Tag" ...

Step 1:

Convert | Tag - Tag | ALT+5

Select format string

Field: TRACK

Format string: $regexp(%_filename%,'^(.+?)\s0*(\d+)\s.+?$','$2')

Preview: 5

Step 2:

Convert | Tag - Tag | ALT+5

Select format string

Field: _FILENAME

Format string: $regexp(%_filename%,'^(.+?)\s0*(\d+)\s.+?$','$1')

Preview: The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

... or ...

Step 1:

Convert | Tag - Tag | ALT+5

Select format string

Field: TRACK

Format string: $num($cutLeft($trimRight(%_filename%,' -'),$strrchr($trimRight(%_filename%,' -'),' ')),1)
... or ...
Format string: $num($reverse($num($trimLeft($reverse(%_filename%),' -'),1)),1)

Preview: 5

Step 2:

Convert | Tag - Tag | ALT+5

Select format string

Field: _FILENAME

Format string: $trimRight(%_filename%,' -0123456789')

Preview: The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

... or using a group of actions ...

Begin Action Group Test_2012#20120717.w2irt.Guess

Action #1
Actiontype 7: Import tag fields (guess values)
Source format __: $reverse(%_filename%)
Guessing pattern: %DUMMY% - %TRACK% %TITLE% - %ARTIST%

Action #2
Actiontype 5: Format value
Field ______: TRACK
Formatstring: $num($reverse(%TRACK%),1)

Action #3
Actiontype 5: Format value
Field ______: TITLE
Formatstring: $reverse(%TITLE%)

Action #4
Actiontype 5: Format value
Field ______: ARTIST
Formatstring: $reverse(%ARTIST%)

Action #5
Actiontype 5: Format value
Field ______: _FILENAME
[i]Formatstring: %ARTIST%' - '%TITLE%' - '$num(%TRACK%,3)

End Action Group Test_2012#20120717.w2irt.Guess (5 Actions)

DD.20120717.2007.CEST
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Wow. Worked perfectly! Thank you so much for saving me hours of tedious work--or, more likely, pushing this project off for another few years.

Thanks again!