# Tracknumbers with following space after import
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumbers-with-following-space-after-import/59500
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [December 23, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumbers-with-following-space-after-import/59500 "2022-12-23T18:31:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@VSG\_79](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/VSG_79)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumbers-with-following-space-after-import/59500/1 "2022-12-23T18:31:06Z")
Hi there!
I recently stumbled upon the same error and I found out Mp3tag (at least the macOS-version) not only adds 0 before single-digit numbers but also a space after the track numbers. That is what caused my import to fail the correct song-order.
Usually I create the mp4-files that have a format like this:
```auto
04 - artist - track
```
Then I use Mp3tag's feature to import tags from file names. This is when the tag for track is actually created like "04\_" with the \_ being a space added after the track-number.
If you could fix this issue, this would be great – and thanks for the best tagging-software out there!
Best regards and everyone have some great holidays!
VSG
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumbers-with-following-space-after-import/59500/2 "2022-12-23T18:35:04Z")
How are you getting the tags from the filename? That is where you are probably getting the space from. Can you show an example of your converter to get these?
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### Author:  [@VSG\_79](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/VSG_79)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2022, 10:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumbers-with-following-space-after-import/59500/3 "2022-12-24T10:52:47Z")
My string looks like this:
```auto
%track% - %ARTIST% - %title%
```
But I found my own error in this: I was missing the space between track and ARTIST because these fields are display with a wide blue background in macOS and I thought there was a space after the track and before the -.
When you forget the space before -, Mp3tag will **add** a space after the track number for mysterious reasons.
If you add the space correctly before and after the - then Mp3tag will correctly place the text within the ID-tags. In conclusion, my own fault. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Best regards
VSG
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumbers-with-following-space-after-import/59500/4 "2022-12-24T12:15:49Z")
This is what I suspected.
> [@VSG\_79](#):
>
> When you forget the space before -, Mp3tag will **add** a space after the track number for mysterious reasons.
No mystery, mp3tag will use the literal conversion of what you ask. Without specifying the space dash space “ - “ as a separator, that character was kept as-is and put into the track field.
Great that you were able to find this and fix moving forward.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumbers-with-following-space-after-import/59500/5 "2023-03-03T14:06:35Z")
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