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[GaryB]

I have tried to write a smartlist that will scan a folder of of audio files to determine if an individual file is in the correct file path.
The filepath is \\Storage\Music\m4a\Artist\Album\

I was hoping that using the variable [Album] in the "Filename path ---does not contain-- [Album]  would only show me the entries where the the name of the album is "Sky" and the filename path is \\Storage\Music\m4a\Artist\Sea\ ?

[zybex]

the search language uses the square brackets as anchors, so "[Album]" actually means "match a string that starts and ends with "Album" - so it's matching the exact string "Album" instead of the [Album] field.

You want something like this - paste it in the "Import/Export" button of the playlist editor:
[=listContains([Filename (path)],[Album])]=0
 

[GaryB]

the search language uses the square brackets as anchors, so "[Album]" actually means "match a string that starts and ends with "Album" - so it's matching the exact string "Album" instead of the [Album] field.

You want something like this - paste it in the "Import/Export" button of the playlist editor:
[=listContains([Filename (path)],[Album])]=0

Thank you Ever So Much !!

I must have spent a couple of hours looking through posts on the forum !!

I have obviously got confused by [Album] being a variable in the renaming function. Is there a post or an article that you can point me in to read more?

Gary

[zybex]

Smartlists are basically "search expressions", using the same syntax as the Search bar in MC. Here's the documentation:
https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Search_Language

As mentioned in that page, a Search query can include Expression Language code:
https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Search_Language#Searching_with_Expressions

Here's the Expression Language Wiki:
https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Expression_Language