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Re: Solving equations (was Re: Unquoting a string)
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Re: Solving equations (was Re: Unquoting a string)


  • Subject: Re: Solving equations (was Re: Unquoting a string)
  • From: Stephen Swift <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 17:34:35 -0400

At 7/15/02 9:33 AM, JollyRoger (email@hidden) Wrote:

> What you are trying to do is actually very easy.
>
> You don't need to remove quotes. All you need to do is make the string a
> script by appending something like "set x to " to the equation, and then
> telling AppleScript to run the string as if it were a script.

Oh neat. I never realized that you could calculate equations using run
script. It doesn't make sense to me, why you can (cause the dictionary
doesn't say anything about it) but it's still cool. :-)

Stephen Swift
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