# Trimming Artist Field **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [July 30, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trimming-artist-field/17107 "2015-07-30T05:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bertiepr](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bertiepr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bertiepr)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trimming-artist-field/17107/1 "2015-07-30T05:17:01Z")
Hi, How do I move all after a comma (artist field) to the end of (title field) and inside a parenthesis? Example: FROM THIS: John Wayne, Allen Douglas Rmx - My song ``` TO THIS: John Wayne - My Song (Allen Douglas Rmx) ``` thank's in advance !!! ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trimming-artist-field/17107/2 "2015-07-30T05:28:00Z")
So, ARTIST looks like this: John Wayne, Allen Douglas Rmx TITLE looks like this: My song Result should be: ARTIST: John Wayne TITLE: My Song (Allen Douglas Rmx) is that right? I think 3 steps are necessary: 1. Action of the type "Guess value" for ARTIST Guessing pattern: %artist%, %tmp\_field% -\> this moves the part following the comma to a user-defined field called TMP\_FIELD 2. action of the type "Format value" for TITLE Format string: %title% (%tmp\_field%) -\> this adds the contents of TMP\_FIELD to TITLE 3. action of the type "Remove tag field" for TMP\_FIELD this removes the temporary field as it is not needed any more. ---
**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 6:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trimming-artist-field/17107/3 "2015-07-30T06:45:22Z")
> [@bertiepr](#): > > Hi, How do I move all after a comma (artist field) to the end of (title field) and inside a parenthesis? > Example: > FROM THIS: John Wayne, Allen Douglas Rmx - My song > > ``` > TO THIS: John Wayne - My Song (Allen Douglas Rmx) > > ``` **Action "Format value" Field: ARTIST Formatstring: $regexp(%ARTIST%,'^(.+?), (.+?) - (.+?)$','$1 - $3 ($2)') ... or ... Formatstring: $regexp(%ARTIST%,'^(.+?), (.+?)( - .+?)$','$1$3 ($2)') From: 'John Wayne, Allen Douglas Rmx - My Song' To : 'John Wayne - My Song (Allen Douglas Rmx)'** DD.20150730.1045.CEST Ooops, ... this is not quite the solution for the given question. DD.20150730.1125.CEST ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trimming-artist-field/17107/4 "2015-07-30T06:53:54Z")
does it really move parts of ARTIST to the end of TITLE as the OP requested if you only treat the ARTIST field? > [@](#): > > ...move all after a comma (artist field) to the end of (title field) ... ---
**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 7:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trimming-artist-field/17107/5 "2015-07-30T07:29:27Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > does it really move parts of ARTIST to the end of TITLE as the OP requested if you only treat the ARTIST field? No, I was wrong in understanding the problem. Thank you. DD.20150730.1129.CEST ---
**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 8:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trimming-artist-field/17107/6 "2015-07-30T08:54:44Z")
> [@bertiepr](#): > > Hi, How do I move all after a comma (artist field) to the end of (title field) and inside a parenthesis? Example: > FROM THIS: John Wayne, Allen Douglas Rmx - My song > > ``` > TO THIS: John Wayne - My Song (Allen Douglas Rmx) > > ``` **Swap trailing part from Artist to Title From ... ARTIST = 'John Wayne, Allen Douglas Rmx' TITLE = 'My song' To ... ARTIST = 'John Wayne' TITLE = 'My Song (Allen Douglas Rmx)' Proposal 1 1. Action "Guess values" Source format ..: %ARTIST% Guessing pattern: %ARTIST%, %TEMP% 2. Action "Format values" Field ......: TITLE Formatstring: %TITLE%' ('%TEMP%')' 3. Action "Remove fields" Fields: TEMP Proposal 2 1. Action "Guess values" Source format ..: %ARTIST% Guessing pattern: %ARTIST%, %TEMP% 2. Action "Guess values" Source format ..: %TITLE%' ('%TEMP%')===' Guessing pattern: %TITLE%===%TEMP% Proposal 3 Action "Guess values" Source format ..: $replace(%ARTIST%,', ','==='%TITLE%' (')')' Guessing pattern: %ARTIST%===%TITLE% Proposal 4 1. Action "Format value" Field ......: TITLE Formatstring: %TITLE%' ('$regexp(%ARTIST%,'^.+?, ',)')' 2. Action "Format value" Field ......: ARTIST Formatstring: $regexp(%ARTIST%,',.+?$',)** DD.20150730.1329.CEST ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trimming-artist-field/17107/7 "2026-02-09T12:25:47Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC