Re: Incrementing digits in a file name (was: writing multiple files)
Re: Incrementing digits in a file name (was: writing multiple files)
- Subject: Re: Incrementing digits in a file name (was: writing multiple files)
- From: monk <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 12:56:49 -0400
-- 7/22/01 05:58 am: email@hidden said:
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-- 7/19/01 11:27 am: email@hidden said:
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> How about something like this?:
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> -- begin script
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> set myPath to (path to desktop) as text
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> set myFilename to "myfile 00"
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> repeat with i from 1 to 99
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> set myFilename to my IncrementFilename(myFilename)
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> log myPath & myFilename
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> end repeat
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> on IncrementFilename(oldName)
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> set digits to (characters -1 thru -2 of oldName) as text
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> set digits to digits + 1
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> set newName to (characters 1 thru -3 of oldName) as text
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> if digits < 10 then set newName to newName & "0"
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> return newName & (digits as text)
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> end IncrementFilename
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> -- end script
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whenever i get to 'on', i get an error, ' expected "else", etc., but found
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"on".'
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what am i missing?
i think this one was my bad syntax, i had an unended if in the larger
framework, sorry!
but, now i get an error 'expected error but found identifier.'
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h 'monk' elmer
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