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Re: Replacing Characters in file name - Part II
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Re: Replacing Characters in file name - Part II


  • Subject: Re: Replacing Characters in file name - Part II
  • From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:22:01 -0700

On 8/29/01 11:11 PM, Ray Phillips <email@hidden> wrote:

>I thought the set command links one variable to another, so the variable
>tid would always have the same value as text item delimiters, but that's
>obviously false since your script works.

It links them only under specific conditions, like elements of a list.

For example:

set x to {1, 3, 5}
set y to x
set the second item of x to "a"
y
--> {1, "a", 5}

However,

set x to 5
set y to x
set x to "a"
y
--> 5


Also, "text item delimiters" is a property, not a variable.

--Michelle

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