Re: run script
Re: run script
- Subject: Re: run script
- From: Nicolas Descombes <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 01:52:54 +0200
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De : Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
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Date : Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:26:31 +1000
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@ : AS lists <email@hidden>
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Objet : Re: run script
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On 25/10/01 7:38 AM +1000, Nicolas Descombes, email@hidden,
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wrote:
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> I'm french and I'm sorry for my english.
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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
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AppleScript has no way of knowing that "x+x" means you want to add x to x.
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You will have to parse out the meaning, which could get very complex,
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depending on what sort of mathematics the user enters.
Thanks for your response. But why if the text returned of Dialogue_2 is
"2+2", "run script Formule" is equal to 4 without message error ?
Thanks for your help
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Shane Stanley, email@hidden
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