Re: Why is this so?
Re: Why is this so?
- Subject: Re: Why is this so?
- From: "Arthur J Knapp" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:10:59 -0500
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Subject: Why is this so?
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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:19:38 -0800
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From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
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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"
Not if it doesn't want to. ;-)
A *string* is a specific data type, and it seems fairly consistent
that AppleScript would always *read* a string from one direction.
By the way:
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set foo to "Michelle Steiner"
foo's items's reverse as string
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"renietS ellehciM"
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{
Arthur J Knapp, of STELLARViSIONs ;
http://www.STELLARViSIONs.com ;
mailto:email@hidden ;
how many?
zero.
are you sure?
i counted twice.
}