# \[X\] Single quote in export filename causes error
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-single-quote-in-export-filename-causes-error/9632
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [January 4, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-single-quote-in-export-filename-causes-error/9632 "2010-01-04T00:11:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-single-quote-in-export-filename-causes-error/9632/1 "2010-01-04T00:11:54Z")
Export to e.g. my'name.htm actually writes to the filename **[ SYNTAX
ERROR IN FORMATTING STRING ]**.
Workaround: replace ' with '' .
Whilst there's no mention of this restriction in Help, this discrepancy is a bug.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-single-quote-in-export-filename-causes-error/9632/2 "2010-01-10T13:06:05Z")
It's a format string so ' is treated as special character as explained at [https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting)
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-single-quote-in-export-filename-causes-error/9632/3 "2010-01-10T13:18:43Z")
> It's a format string
Evidently so.
Whilst there's no mention of this in Help, this discrepancy is a bug.
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### Author:  [@thaw04](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thaw04)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-single-quote-in-export-filename-causes-error/9632/4 "2015-01-12T13:11:23Z")
I agree with chrisjj. The workaround also doesn't work for me though. For example, the action below gives me the same error because of the single quote:
Format value:
GENRE
$if($eql(%artist%,Ama'dou & Mariam),African,%genre%)
I tried it with the following workarounds but without a positive result:
- $if($eql(%artist%,"Ama'dou & Mariam"),African,%genre%)
- $if($eql(%artist%,Ama"dou & Mariam),African,%genre%)
It this possible in another way or should i stick with my workaround now (removing all the artist in the actions with an ' )
Thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-single-quote-in-export-filename-causes-error/9632/5 "2015-01-12T15:19:34Z")
the single ' should become a double '
Ama''dou & Mariam
with 2 apostrophes should work
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-single-quote-in-export-filename-causes-error/9632/6 "2015-01-12T15:50:12Z")
> [@thaw04](#):
>
> I agree with chrisjj. The workaround also doesn't work for me though. For example, the action below gives me the same error because of the single quote:
>
> Format value:
> GENRE
> $if($eql(%artist%,Ama'dou & Mariam),African,%genre%)
That's a different case, and is expected behaviour give that the string is declared to be interpreted as a format string.
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### Author:  [@thaw04](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thaw04)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-single-quote-in-export-filename-causes-error/9632/7 "2015-01-14T17:41:47Z")
That did work, thanks a lot!!
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-single-quote-in-export-filename-causes-error/9632/8 "2018-12-28T14:28:04Z")
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