# Trouble replacing "//" in %artist% tag with" ,"

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trouble-replacing-in-artist-tag-with/61545
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 14, 2023, 6:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trouble-replacing-in-artist-tag-with/61545 "2023-07-14T06:21:25Z")
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### Author: ![navarannan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@navarannan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/navarannan)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 6:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trouble-replacing-in-artist-tag-with/61545/1 "2023-07-14T06:21:25Z")

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Hi folks

I have tracks 1000s of them with artists separated by // instaed of ,

Like here - Vishal and Shekhar\Arijit Singh\Jaideep Sahni

I was hoping that I can use format string to do this

I tried `$replace(%artist%, '// ', ' ,')` and `$replace(%artist%, //, ,)` on ARTIST

Now works

Could you please help

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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: [July 14, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trouble-replacing-in-artist-tag-with/61545/2 "2023-07-14T06:30:16Z")

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See e.g. here:

> [@Replacing "//"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing/15915):
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> I realize this is a simple request and I have tried several different approaches. The frustrating thing is this use to work flawlessly until I upgraded to the current version (2.61a), I was several revisions out of date. Replacing "\\" with "; " The example tag data would be "Mary Ann Kennedy\\Pam Rose\\Pat Bunch" The resulting tag data would be "Mary Ann Kennedy; Pam Rose; Pat Bunch" I created an action using replace (regular expression) which shows as: Regular expression "\_ALL:": "\\" -\> …

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### Author: ![navarannan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@navarannan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/navarannan)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trouble-replacing-in-artist-tag-with/61545/3 "2023-07-14T06:38:46Z")

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Thanks @ohrenkino

For similar folks, Doing this did the trick

![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f50248d1b6568ab02c577db84ed5be22803b6212.png)  
 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5aa4a57b559646b274fb24561297609ad0ce7110.png)

Cheers

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2023, 6:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trouble-replacing-in-artist-tag-with/61545/4 "2023-08-13T06:39:45Z")

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