# export by genre
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-by-genre/3497
**Category:** Export
**Created:** [June 26, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-by-genre/3497 "2006-06-26T14:32:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@astrohip](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/astrohip)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-by-genre/3497/1 "2006-06-26T14:32:36Z")
Hi, long-time user (many years), first time poster.
I recently started using MP3TAG for exporting also; I have used it for years for tagging. I took some exports I found in these forums, and customized them for my own uses. Many thanks to you experts who posted your export creations! 😃
What I can't figure out is how to create a loop that only shows a certain match. I can do loops, and even figured out how to sort the loop. But what if I only want to export if the genre is "XXX"?
Right now, to do this, I have been exporting sorted on genre, then editing the HTML file and deleting all but the genre I want. But surely there is a way to limit the loop to only a specific criteria.
Thanks in advance; I LOVE this program.
Stuart
Houston TX USA
PS: Here is a link to the pages I have created with exports:
[http://texasfeldmans.com/pages/stuart/music.htm](http://texasfeldmans.com/pages/stuart/music.htm)
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### Author:  [@milka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/milka)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-by-genre/3497/2 "2006-06-27T06:07:54Z")
You mean something like this:
```
$if($eql(%genre%,XXX),%genre%,)
```
If genre equals XXX then return genre else do nothing.
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### Author:  [@astrohip](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/astrohip)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2006, 11:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-by-genre/3497/3 "2006-06-27T11:29:55Z")
Thanks. Do I put that directly before the LOOP statement? Does it need any closing line, or just that?
I would try it now, but I am at work, and my Mp3Tag is at home . . . 🕶
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### Author:  [@milka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/milka)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-by-genre/3497/4 "2006-06-27T11:58:09Z")
> [@astrohip](#):
>
> Thanks. Do I put that directly before the LOOP statement? Does it need any closing line, or just that?
> I would try it now, but I am at work, and my Mp3Tag is at home . . . 🕶
It doesn't need any closing line.
You can:
- replace directly with "%genre%" anywhere in code
- put it inside the loop
example (simple table):
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### Author:  [@astrohip](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/astrohip)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-by-genre/3497/5 "2006-06-27T21:54:08Z")
Got it working, THANKS!
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### Author:  [@astrohip](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/astrohip)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-by-genre/3497/6 "2006-06-27T22:55:19Z")
Question Part II 
How do I make the **IF** have a multiple choice. In other words, if the GENRE is XX or YY, then...
Thanks! 
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### Author:  [@milka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/milka)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2006, 7:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-by-genre/3497/7 "2006-06-28T07:10:14Z")
Mp3tag have great [help](https://docs.mp3tag.de).
Why don't you read & play with [scripting functions](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting) it's fun. 🙂
> [@](#):
>
> How do I make the IF have a multiple choice. In other words, if the GENRE is XX or YY, then...
$if($or($eql(%genre%,XX),$eql(%genre%,YY)),%genre%,)
If genre is XX or YY then return genre else do nothing.
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### Author:  [@astrohip](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/astrohip)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-by-genre/3497/8 "2006-06-28T13:31:17Z")
> [@milka](#):
>
> Mp3tag have great [help](https://docs.mp3tag.de).
> Why don't you read & play with [scripting functions](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting) it's fun. 🙂
Thanks for the help. I actually started reading the scripting functions last night, and found a whole new world of fun! 
Many thanks!!