Guys,
I can’t post here, it’s a nightmare, so here’s the question whitout any figures, quotes or commas:
In AppleScript:
set thetest to Quote & three & four & five & Quote
set thetest2 to thetest as list
So I get:
Open List Bracket & Quote & three & four & five & Quote & Close List Bracket
But what I need is:
Open List Bracket & three & four & five & Close List Bracket
How can I get rid of the quotes?
Sorry, tried posting properly but would let me…
Need an edit here…
Hi,
Assuming that just the inner "&"s are “,” + Space:
set t to “three, four, five”
set def_tid to (AppleScript’s text item delimiters)
set (AppleScript’s text item delimiters) to {", "}
set ti_list to text items of t
set (AppleScript’s text item delimiters) to def_tid
return ti_list
gl,
Hi,
I added the intger coercions:
set t to “1, 2, 3, four”
set def_tid to (AppleScript’s text item delimiters)
set (AppleScript’s text item delimiters) to {", "}
set ti_list to text items of t
set (AppleScript’s text item delimiters) to def_tid
set integer_list to {}
repeat with i in ti_list
try
set i to i as integer
end try
set end of integer_list to (contents of i)
end repeat
integer_list
gl,
Many thanks, that’s exactly what I needed.
Micha
Do you know how to insert brackets in brackets
here is my code
set bracword to “” & MyWord & “”
– there should be brackets in “”
– a bracket should be in " form
Thanks beforehand
I’m not sure what you are asking. Maybe you’re having trouble distinguishing between a string and a list. Here’s how to work with brackets meaning you can use a bracket in a string (although it doesn’t make much sense) or use brackets to denote that the object is a list. If you want a list then you can put lists inside of lists etc. Maybe the following will show you the difference…
set myword to "test"
set a to "{" & myword & "}"
--> a = "{test}"
-- which is a string, it's not a list because everything is between the quotes
set b to "{{" & myword & "}}"
--> b = "{{test}}"
-- which is a string, it is not a list because everything is between the quotes
set c to {myword}
--> c = {"test"}
-- which is a list with a string as one of it's items, note the brackets are not in the quotes
set d to {}
set end of d to myword
set end of d to myword
--> d = {"test", "test"}
-- which is a list with 2 strings in it
set e to {}
set end of e to myword
set end of e to c
set end of e to d
--> e = {"test", {"test"}, {"test", "test"}}
-- which is a list with 3 items - item 1 is a string, item 2 is a list with 1 string in it, item 3 is a list with 2 strings in it