# Export Script with $if statement
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-script-with-if-statement/15978
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 8, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-script-with-if-statement/15978 "2014-08-08T01:02:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@rko31415](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rko31415)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-script-with-if-statement/15978/1 "2014-08-08T01:02:29Z")
I store "listened to" information in the track field %track%=zzzz or qqqq means I have listened to the podcast or it's in the queue. (this is due to a limitation of Copernic which I use to index my collection)
I want to identify all finished albums, i.e., albums where the podcasts all have zzzz or qqqq.
I set up the following export script:
$filename(Finished-Albums.m3u8,utf-8)
$loop(%album%)$loop(%album%)
$if(%track%,$puts(counttracks,$add($get(counttracks),1)),)
$loopend()
$if($eql(%\_max\_counter%,$get(counttracks)),'#Album Finished: '$if2(%album%,-- empty --)
,)
$puts(counttracks,0)
$loopend()
Investigation shows that the $if condition is being ignored ... that my user-defined field counttracks is being incremented to the total number of albums regardless whether %track% is present or not.
Thoughts?
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-script-with-if-statement/15978/2 "2014-08-08T04:42:51Z")
> [@rko31415](#):
>
> ... Investigation shows that the $if condition is being ignored ... that my user-defined field counttracks is being incremented to the total number of albums regardless whether %track% is present or not. Thoughts?
Adapt the right coding for $put from there ...
[Export scripting: unexpected variable assignment between loops](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/15746/2)
Export script example 1:
**1: $filename($getEnv('USERPROFILE')'\Desktop\Finished-Albums.txt',UTF-8)**
**2: $loop(%ALBUM%)$loop(%\_path%)$puts(TrackCount,$if(%TRACK%,$add(1,$get(TrackCount)),$get(TrackCount)))$loopend()
3: $if($eql(%\_max\_counter%,$get(TrackCount)),' Album finished: ','# Album not finished: ')$if2(%ALBUM%,'[no album name]')$puts(TrackCount,0)$loopend()**
Export script example 2:
**01: $filename($getEnv('USERPROFILE')'\Desktop\Finished-Albums.txt',UTF-8)$puts(**
**02: )$loop(1,1)$puts(crlf,$char(13)$char(10))$puts(br,'{br}')$loopend()$replace(
03:
04: $loop(%ALBUM%)$replace(
05:
06: 'ALBUM: '$put(AlbumCount,$add(1,$get(AlbumCount)))' : '%ALBUM%$get(br)
07:
08: $loop(%\_path%)$replace(
09:
10: 'File : '$put(FileCount,$add(1,$get(FileCount)))' : '%\_path%$get(br)
11:
12: $puts(TrackCount,$if(%TRACK%,$add(1,$get(TrackCount)),$get(TrackCount)))
13:
14: ,$get(crlf),,$get(br),$get(crlf))$loopend()
15:
16: 'FileCount : '$get(FileCount)$get(br)
17: 'TrackCount: '$get(TrackCount)$get(br)
18:
19: $if($eql($get(FileCount),$get(TrackCount)),'# Album finished: ','### Album not finished: ')$if2(%ALBUM%,'[no album name]')
20: $get(br)$get(br)
21:
22: $puts(FileCount,0)
23: $puts(TrackCount,0)
24:
25: ,$get(crlf),,$get(br),$get(crlf))$loopend()
26: ,$get(crlf),,$get(br),$get(crlf))**
DD.20140808.1044.CEST
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### Author:  [@rko31415](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rko31415)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2014, 9:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-script-with-if-statement/15978/3 "2014-08-08T09:40:27Z")
Works great. Thanks. I never would have figured that out.
Great product!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-script-with-if-statement/15978/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:10Z")