Re: Read file using delimiter in 1.6
Re: Read file using delimiter in 1.6
- Subject: Re: Read file using delimiter in 1.6
- From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:54:43 -0800
On Wednesday, February 27, 2002, at 03:50 AM, Serge Belleudy-d'Espinose
wrote:
I just read the AppleScript Sourcebook. It is said that 1.6 should have
fixed most of 1.5.5 read/write problems, and that it allows 'as
<class>' to be optional with 'using delimiter.'
Under 1.6 when I read a text file 'using delimiter return', everything
is ok, but when I add 'as list' for backward compatibility I get a list
of single item lists instead of a list of strings:
set vPath to "diamant:text"
set vFile to open for access vPath
set vData to read vFile as list using delimiter return
close access vFile
vData
-- {{"this"}, {"is"}, {"a"}, {"text"}, {"file"}}
Is it the way it is supposed to be, and is so what is the recommanded
behaviour?
Is it safe to coerce the list of lists back to a list of strings if the
first list item is a list?
You must have skipped the "new bugs" link -- this is a known bug unique
to 1.6. The workaround is to say "as text" instead of "as list".
(and how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck
wood? :)
A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a
woodchuck could chuck wood.
--Chris Nebel
AppleScript Engineering
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