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: Andrew Oliver <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 23:40:55 -0700
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You don't have to extract the last character to do the test. This
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works:
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if fileName ends with some item of {"X", "Y", "Z",...} then beep
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn9t this translate as:
if fileName ends with (some item of {"X", "Y", "Z", ...} then beep
i.e. AppleScript first selects (some item of {"X", "Y", "Z", ...}) and then
checks to see if the fileName ends with that character... i.e. You have a 1
in 26 chance of it matching. Not quite what the original poster was looking
for.
Andrew
:)
On 9/20/03 11:23 PM, "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 09:33:08 +1000
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> Subject: Re: if clauses: multiple values in one test?
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> From: Matthew Smith <email@hidden>
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> To: AppleScript Users <email@hidden>
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> on 21/09/2003 08:34, Mikael Bystrvm at email@hidden
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>> How can I shorten a long line of nearly identical tests, except for
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>> the
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>> value it tests against, in an if clause?
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>> Say I have
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>> "if (FileName ends with "X") or (FileName ends with "Y") or (FileName
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>> ends with ".Z")....... (*plus 26 more or so*)
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>> then"
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>> Can I use an array of string values instead and have them all in only
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>> one
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>> test? How can I express that in this situation?
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>> Or can I at least write "with x or y or z" or similar in a simple way?
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> Not when the test is 'ends with'. If you extract the ending before you
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> to the if condition you could write:
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> if fileNameEnd is in {"X","Y",".Z"....} then
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> In this case you are testing for equality with a value in a list.
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You don't have to extract the last character to do the test. This
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works:
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if fileName ends with some item of {"X", "Y", "Z",...} then beep
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Marc [09/21/03 2:23:38 AM]
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