Searching for tracks in Playlists?

Can the search facility be used to search playlists, rather than the whole library?
I want to find some tracks within hundreds of playlists.
Thank you.

Answered my own question:
Highlight the playlist or playlist folder
Put the track in the seach field
Uncheck Search Entire Library in search box
Search
Right click > Show in Playlist (will show all playlists featuring the track within that folder)

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Any help or info would be great!

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Since there is no way to assign a "Playlist" to a specific piece of music, there is no way to find it specifically by "playlist". However, I have a suggestion that may be of help:
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Hello.I would like to find out how can I search for a song in a playlist in iTunes on iOS (iPhone 5s)

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