Re: Converting a string to a filename

• Subject: Re: Converting a string to a filename
• From: Jasper Van Proeyen <email@hidden>
• Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 18:14:58 +0200
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On 4/26/05, bazmail <email@hidden> wrote:

Hi,

I have an script within Applescript studio at removes the last word
of a filename and put the result in a string. The problem is that the
string I get is {"wordone","wordtwo","etc"}

That's a list, not a string. You can explicitly coerce it to a string,
{"one", "two", "ten"} as string --> "onetwoten"

How can I get this string back into a format that I can use to make
a filename. The script works fine if it is a single word.

I will also need to put the spaces back in.

Applescript will insert its text item delimiters in between each
element of the list when coercing it to a string. By default, those
delimiters are {""}, that is, nothing. You can set them to spaces, if
that's what you want:
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {" "}
{"one", "two", "ten"} as string --> "one two ten"

Be aware that the text item delimiters are global in scope.

Any help would be most helpful.

HTH,

Adam

Best wishes

Michael

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