Re: Can't type " (ASCII character 34) in a string
Re: Can't type " (ASCII character 34) in a string
- Subject: Re: Can't type " (ASCII character 34) in a string
- From: Matthew Smith <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:40:10 +1100
on 19/11/2004 13:28, jean.luc.bouchard at email@hidden wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
>
> I'm fairly new to using AppleScript and I have started using it to create
> help applications for Shake and Motion, which are visual effects software
> that Apple makes.
>
> I'm working on a configuration App that will write a text file once I've
> done a couple of queries.
>
> In that configuration file, I need to write the character " (or ASCII 34)
> and I for the life of me, I can't t write it without having \ (or ASCII 92)
> preceeding it... It won't come on its own.
>
> I'm trying the following routine, which quite clearly shows the problem...
>
> ---------
>
> choose from list {"Academy", "CinemaScope", "Full", "1.85", "HDTV 1080i/p 30
> FPS", "HDTV 1080i/p 29.97 FPS ND", "HDTV 1080i/p 29.97 FPS DF", "HDTV
> 1080i/p 25 FPS", "HDTV 1080i/p 24 FPS", "HDTV 1080i/p 23.98 FPS", "NTSC ND
> (D1 4:3)", "NTSC DF (D1 4:3)", "NTSC ND (16:9)", "NTSC DF (16:9)", "PAL (D1
> 4:3)", "PAL (16:9)", "PAL (Square)"} with prompt "What is your default
> working resolution" & return
>
> set temp_fn to result as string
>
> set fn to "script.format = " & (ASCII character 34) & temp_fn & ";" & (ASCII
> character 34) as string
>
> --------
What you are looking at is the result value in Script Editor or whatever you
are using to write your script. The value in the result is written as a
literal string for pasting back into code.
If you added the line:
display dialog fn
You will see that there are no \ in the string.
--
Matthew Smith
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