Macro: Save Project2: use a variable to name project

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Hi,
I’m new here! Thank you Audacity Team for a wonderful product!

My question:
Is it possible to use an expanded variable syntax in the “save project2” macro parameters in order to modify the Filename?

For example (which is probably wrong), would this parameter work?
Filename=“$TrackName$Date.aup3”

or
maybe this one?..in order to expand the variables outside the string.
Filename=$TrackName$Date".aup3"

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Macros provide a very simple way to program Audacity. A macro is just a list of commands. There are no “loops” or “conditional statements” or other features found in more complex programming languages - it’s just a list that starts with the first command and steps through the list to the end.

More complex programming requires a programming language that has more features than a macro.

Audacity includes a suitable language for more complex programming tasks, called “Nyquist”.
Nyquist is a full featured scripting language, and it can run the same commands as macros, but with much more flexibility.

Example - to export the current project to multiple files:

;type tool

(setf path "C:/Users/Fred/Desktop/")
(setf filenames (list "test1.wav" "test2.wav" "test3.wav"))

(dolist (fname filenames "Done")
  (setf fname (strcat path fname))
  (aud-do-command "Export2:" :filename fname))

For more information about Nyquist-macros: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/nyquist_macros.html

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Thank you! I’m not familiar with Nyquist prog lang. But it looks promising for my situation!

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If you get stuck, we have a couple of related forum boards:
Macros & Scripting: Macros and Scripting - Audacity Forum
Nyquist: Nyquist - Audacity Forum