Re: run script
Re: run script
- Subject: Re: run script
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:26:31 +1000
On 25/10/01 7:38 AM +1000, Nicolas Descombes, email@hidden,
wrote:
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I'm french and I'm sorry for my english.
Not half as sorry as I am for my French...
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I would want, with a dialog box, enter a formula with one or more variables.
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I tried with this script but AppleScript wants that I define the variable
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[Script]
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set Dialogue_2 to display dialog "Type formula" default answer ""
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set Formula to text returned of Dialogue_2--for exemple : x+x
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set x to 2
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set total to (run script Formule)--normally equal to 4
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[/Script]
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How can I do to define the variable and obtain a result for my formula
AppleScript has no way of knowing that "x+x" means you want to add x to x.
You will have to parse out the meaning, which could get very complex,
depending on what sort of mathematics the user enters.
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Shane Stanley, email@hidden
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