# v2.50 - how to handle multi-valued tags? **URL:** \ **Category:** Web Sources Discussion\ **Created:** [April 2, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v2-50-how-to-handle-multi-valued-tags/13284 "2012-04-02T22:22:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mrinferno](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@mrinferno](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrinferno)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v2-50-how-to-handle-multi-valued-tags/13284/1 "2012-04-02T22:22:18Z")
based on the release notes i thought this issue was fixed: > [@](#): > > FIX: regression regarding output of multi-valued tag fields for discogs web sources > > ``` > since v2.49b. > > ``` however, i'm not using discogs web sources, but do have some scripts with multi-valued tag fields. in my scripts i had been using: > [@](#): > > say "\\" this hasn't worked since 2.49b and now it doesn't work in 2.50 either, the newer versions just output a single backslash. is there a coding change in the web sources language i need to apply to my scripts? i tried changing to 6 backslashes, since using the 4 backslashes was resulting in only a single backslash in the tag panel, but that doesn't work. 4 or 6 gets translated back to 1 backslash. then of course upon saving the tag, no multi-valued tags are created. any help would be appreciated. hopefully there is a way to fix, i don't want to be stuck at 2.49a indefinitely. thanks in advance. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v2-50-how-to-handle-multi-valued-tags/13284/2 "2012-04-03T13:18:12Z")
I don't know why the release notes say it is fixed. I have made the same experience as you. However, the workaround is, you have to double the backslashes compared to version 2.49a, eight backslashes to have two backslahes in the output: say "\\\\" Another workaound is using the unicode hex value. This was new introduced in 2.49b. The unicode hex value for a backslash is "005c". Write "\u005c" to get one backslash. For two backslashes say "\u005c\u005c" Here is a German topic about the same issue: [[F] Mp3tag 2.49b: Änderungen bei Web Sources?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/12969/4) Have a look at the test script I attached to the last post there, this will make things clear. ---
**Author:** ![mrinferno](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@mrinferno](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrinferno)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v2-50-how-to-handle-multi-valued-tags/13284/3 "2012-04-03T21:03:44Z")
sweet! perfect, i was hoping it would be something easy. 8 backslashes does make sense, since 4 was only giving me 1. anyways, i used the unicode hex value, that seems to be the most foolproof. just tried it and it works like a charm. thanks for the assistance!