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search for special characters

hi,

I’m not sure this should be here or in the support forum.
I’m trying to search for library/playlist search where I search for exact Unicode characters like Ellipsis (…) http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2026/index.htm or Apostrophe/Quotation Marks (‘, ’, “ or ”) http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2019/index.htm and so on

Looks like the search handles the apostrophe and quotation marks like the simple versions of them which you can find on your keyboard (', ") http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/0027/index.htm or http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/0022/index.htm

But if if search for the Ellipsis I get the whole playlist/library as a result which is kinda weird. Other less common Unicode character work quite fine (♯, ∞ and △ for example)

Is there a way to search for the exact characters? Also I think at least the part with the Ellipsis is a bug, while the part with the Quotation Marks might be just a feature.

search for special characters

Reply #2 –
while this is a clever workaround I would prefer one which works in the search itself because I could create a autoplaylist for example. ideally a new search operator would be handy. something like this:

Code: [Select]
artist HAS EXACTLY "…And You Will Know Us"

or

Code: [Select]
* IS EXACTLY "I’d tell you but…"

search for special characters

Reply #3 –
You can use "$strstr(%field%,'…')" GREATER 0 as a query.
 

search for special characters

Reply #4 –
and does anyone have an idea on how to search for double quotes " ?
both of those don't work
Code: [Select]
"$strstr(%title%,''')" GREATER 0

"$strstr(%title%,'"')" GREATER 0

with normal search I can at least search for everything that is or get's substituted for a typewriter apostrophe but that doesn't work for double quotes and also includes all those substituted characters too.
Code: [Select]
title HAS '

search for special characters

Reply #5 –
Code: [Select]
"$strstr(%title%,$char(34))" GREATER 0