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text vs string

  • Subject: text vs string
  • From: Michael Turner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 14:05:20 -0500
I have noticed several examples of scripts with the data type "text" where I
would naturally have used "string". What is the difference between these
data types? I suspect that some of my frustration with strings in
AppleScript comes from utilizing them when I should be using data type
"text"

set textMessage to "Text to be displayed" as text
set stringMessage to "More Text to be displayed" as string
display dialog textMessage & return & stringMessage
--> displays both messages

-Michael Turner

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