list string containment problems

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#1

hi,

i’m trying to get a list of all tracks whose contens contain both, four empty spaces in a row and the @ symbol.
i’m not figuring out how to test the resulted list of the first boolean test for containment of the @ symbol.
any cluse?

jns

set myDelimiter to "    "
set my2ndDelimiter to " @ "

tell application "iTunes"
	
	set myL to get comment of every track of library playlist 1 whose comment contains myDelimiter
	
end tell

get every item of myL where it contains " @ "
#2

Hi jns,

it works for example with a second list and a repeat block

set myDelimiter to "    "
set my2ndDelimiter to " @ "

tell application "iTunes"
	try
		set myL to get comment of every track of library playlist 1 whose comment contains myDelimiter
	on error
		display dialog "no match found"
	end try
end tell

set My2ndL to {}
repeat with i in myL
	if i contains my2ndDelimiter then set end of My2ndL to contents of i
end repeat
end
#3

thanks a lot for your fast reply.
just somehow i wanted to avoid a repeat block and find a simpler and faster(?) solution.

but it seems like it doesn’t work in this case.

cheers
jns

#4

this works, too:

set myDelimiter to "    "
set my2ndDelimiter to " @ "

tell application "iTunes"
	set myL to get comment of every track of library playlist 1 whose (comment contains myDelimiter and comment contains my2ndDelimiter)
end tell
#5

Hi, jns. Do you mean something like this?

tell application "iTunes"
	set myL to tracks of library playlist 1 whose comment contains "     " and comment contains "@"
end tell

Edit: Sorry. I see Stefan’s just posted something similar.

#6

thanks both for your help!
that˜s exactly what i was looking for!

i tried using and, but i didn˜t repeat “comments contains”…

cheers
jns

#7

Just for future reference, AND (and OR) requires that both phrases connected by the ‘and’ have boolean results by themselves, e.g. contains “blah” and contains “bling” where each is a stand-alone boolean expression.