Re: Why is this so?
Re: Why is this so?
- Subject: Re: Why is this so?
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:53:55 -0800
On 1/23/01 11:19 AM, "Michelle Steiner" <email@hidden> wrote:
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set foo to "Michelle Steiner"
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text 1 through -1 of foo
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--> "Michelle Steiner"
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set foo to "Michelle Steiner"
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text -1 through 1 of foo
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--> "Michelle Steiner"
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Shouldn't the second script return
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"renietS ellehciM"
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No. That's how it works. You can choose to specify either end of the text
segment first and the other second, but text is always read left to right in
Applescript. It's somewhere in the ASLG.
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Paul Berkowitz