def short_information(title, index=0):
    """
    Takes in track information and returns everything as a short formatted String.

    Args:
        title (str): track title string
        index (str): optional track number string

    Returns:
        A short formatted string of all track information.
    """
    if ' - ' in title:
        split_title = str(title).split(' - ', 1)
        if index:
            return '{} {}'.format(index, split_title[1])
        else:
            return '{}'.format(split_title[1])
    elif index:
        return '{} {}'.format(index, title)
    else:
        return title
