# Export to File (Order)
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-file-order/66622
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 25, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-file-order/66622 "2024-11-25T07:45:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-file-order/66622/1 "2024-11-25T07:45:19Z")
I have an action that is exporting Track numbers to a .txt file.
They are exporting properly but not in the order I was expecting. In mp3tag the files are listed in track order starting from 1. I selected all the files of one album & the txt file is set for something like
$IF($eql(%Variable%,'YES'),%TRACK%,•NO•)
The resulting text file is along the lines of
8
•NO•
1
•NO•
13
•NO•
...
Why is the list not in order? I was expecting
1
•NO•
•NO•
•NO•
•NO•
•NO•
•NO•
8
•NO•
•NO•
•NO•
•NO•
13
...
I was planning on concatenating these track numbers in order. The end goal was: 1,8,13...
Just trying to figure out what pattern mp3tag is following here, either that or a way to sort these again if they will be randomized each time I export
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2024, 7:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-file-order/66622/2 "2024-11-25T07:50:09Z")
Please show us the export script - otherwise it is very tricky to get an idea.
Just a wild guess:
Check the $loop() statement which sort the tracks.
That should read $loop($num(%track%,2)).
Sorting is always alphabetical, not numerical.
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### Author:  [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-file-order/66622/3 "2024-11-25T09:14:36Z")
$filename(txt,utf-8)$loop(%\_path%)$IF($EQL(%BINC1%,%Cover Description 1%%FC Suffix%),%TRACK%,•NONE•)
$loopend()
Somehow I always imagined it just exported in the order the files were in when viewed in mp3tag
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2024, 9:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-file-order/66622/4 "2024-11-25T09:16:51Z")
> [@mista\_j](#):
>
> Somehow I always imagined it just exported in the order the files were in when viewed in mp3tag
Then you have to use $loop(1) - and no variable that gets sorted.
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### Author:  [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2024, 9:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-file-order/66622/5 "2024-11-25T09:25:20Z")
Ahh, yeah that did it! THANK YOU.
I'll be honest I don't remember making the original export script I just duplicate it & edit the new one each time I need a script. So long as I was able to get the information over there in all my other cases I was fine
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2024, 9:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-file-order/66622/6 "2024-12-25T09:25:47Z")
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