Re: parsing strings
Re: parsing strings
- Subject: Re: parsing strings
- From: deivy petrescu <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:55:48 -0400
On Mar 21, 2007, at 17:49, Michelle Steiner wrote:
On Mar 21, 2007, at 2:27 PM, W. Thomas Leroux wrote:
I am trying to figure out how to parse strings like in some other
languages I use - in particular, an applescript equivalent to the
mid(), left() and right() commands.
I've googled around and read through the AppleScript Language Guide,
but I'm not finding what I'm looking for.
Specifically, I'm trying to capture the rightmost character of a
string.
set mystring to "Help, I'm caught between these parentheses, and I
can't get out"
last character of mystring
character -1 of mystring
character (count of mystring) of mystring
For any arbitrary run of a string
text (startposition) through (endposition) of mystring
For example:
text 3 through 5 of mystring
--> "lp,"
text 13 through end of mystring
--> "ught between these parentheses, and I can't get out"
text 13 through -1 of mystring
--> "ught between these parentheses, and I can't get out"
If you replace "text" in the above with "characters", you get a list:
characters 13 through 22 of mystring
--> {"u", "g", "h", "t", " ", "b", "e", "t", "w", "e", "e"}
-- Michelle
Complementing Michelle's message:
<script>
set mystring to "Help, I'm caught between these parentheses, and I
can't get out"
{first character of mystring, middle character of mystring, last
character of mystring}
----{"H","p","t"}
</script>
Deivy
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