Re: if clauses: multiple values in one test?
Re: if clauses: multiple values in one test?
- Subject: Re: if clauses: multiple values in one test?
- From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 02:23:54 -0400
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 09:33:08 +1000
Subject: Re: if clauses: multiple values in one test?
From: Matthew Smith <email@hidden>
To: AppleScript Users <email@hidden>
on 21/09/2003 08:34, Mikael Bystrvm at email@hidden
wrote:
How can I shorten a long line of nearly identical tests, except for
the
value it tests against, in an if clause?
Say I have
"if (FileName ends with "X") or (FileName ends with "Y") or (FileName
ends with ".Z")....... (*plus 26 more or so*)
then"
Can I use an array of string values instead and have them all in only
one
test? How can I express that in this situation?
Or can I at least write "with x or y or z" or similar in a simple way?
Not when the test is 'ends with'. If you extract the ending before you
come
to the if condition you could write:
if fileNameEnd is in {"X","Y",".Z"....} then
In this case you are testing for equality with a value in a list.
You don't have to extract the last character to do the test. This
works:
if fileName ends with some item of {"X", "Y", "Z",...} then beep
Marc [09/21/03 2:23:38 AM]
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