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I've tried the EqualTo operation, the Like operation and a few more, none of them work.

Without knowing enough about what you're trying to match....Unfortunately, a.txt will select a, a-files, alpha, and alpha-files.
If it were always ending with -files then you could use <curbase>-files instead, and even make it == instead of like.
If instead the files part can differ but the - is always a separator (and not possibly part of <curbase>) you can use <curbase>-* with the like.

Failing those there is no select-items-which-are-the-same-but-not command which will magically read your mind - you'll have to write your own code to determine the similarity between two strings.

TheQwerty wrote:Without knowing enough about what you're trying to match....

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$folder Like "<curbase>*"

Unfortunately, a.txt will select a, a-files, alpha, and alpha-files.
If it were always ending with -files then you could use <curbase>-files instead, and even make it == instead of like.
If instead the files part can differ but the - is always a separator (and not possibly part of <curbase>) you can use <curbase>-* with the like.

Failing those there is no select-items-which-are-the-same-but-not command which will magically read your mind - you'll have to write your own code to determine the similarity between two strings.

The folders always end with the suffix in the folder name "-files" including the dash. In other words [filenameA1-files] curbase could select the matching folder to the file, not all matching folders as it was doing ?

CookieMonster wrote:The folders always end with the suffix in the folder name "-files" including the dash. In other words [filenameA1-files] curbase could select the matching folder to the file, not all matching folders as it was doing ?

Then you have your answer.. case closed!

I created a User-Defined Command, I also read on <curbase> within XYplorer Native Variables, doesn't seem difficult, but where do I place it ?

I don't understand how to use <curbase> could someone please help ?

<curbase> is just a variable which is replaced with the base name, portion of the name before any extension, of the currently selected and focused item.

Not the correct use of the syntax !

Will RoboSheep EVER match anything that has any kind of name concatenated with "-files"...
Probably...

Btw, you can count up to 1? That's the exact amount of files that will be compared (TheQwerty was already clear enough on that subject)...

CookieMonster wrote:

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foreach($folder, listpane( ,"*", 6)) {
        if ("RoboSheep" == <curbase>-files) {
            selectitems $folder, , 0, "a";
        }
    }

Not the correct use of the syntax !

Your are correct in that this is not correct.

TheQwerty wrote:

CookieMonster wrote:

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foreach($folder, listpane( ,"*", 6)) {
        if ("RoboSheep" == <curbase>-files) {
            selectitems $folder, , 0, "a";
        }
    }

Not the correct use of the syntax !

Your are correct in that this is not correct.

Great, what is the correct way to use the syntax ?

CookieMonster wrote:

TheQwerty wrote:

CookieMonster wrote:

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foreach($folder, listpane( ,"*", 6)) {
        if ("RoboSheep" == <curbase>-files) {
            selectitems $folder, , 0, "a";
        }
    }

Not the correct use of the syntax !

Your are correct in that this is not correct.

Great, what is the correct way to use the syntax ?

Depends on what you're trying to do... Try stepping through it to see where you've gone wrong.

If <curbase> is a variable, all within a few minutes I've tried a few things to the condition, everything I've tried doesn't work. Declaring <curbase> as a variable doesn't seem right !

Try this.

Step by Step to understand.

Select your file, then execute this script:
1)

Next step.
Select your file, then execute this script:
2)


Now the full script.
Select your file, then execute this script:
3)
Or shorter.
Select your file, then execute this script:
Or, if you are sure to always select a file first:

Select your file, then execute this script:
See the help for more parameters.

HTH?

Stefan - Thanks that helped me make sense of the scripting in XYplorer, and now I know partially what you did by defining variables etc. The script doesn't select simultaneously select the folder when I select a file and run the script, I tried adding the two variables together in hopes that when I select the files then run the script, it would select the matching folders.