Re: How do I get a script to ask me the number of times to repeat?
Re: How do I get a script to ask me the number of times to repeat?
- Subject: Re: How do I get a script to ask me the number of times to repeat?
- From: John Stewart <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:44:35 -0500
On 2/24/05 at 1:24 PM, the entity Christopher Stone spoke thusly
>>many times it is to repeat and in what phase it is to select items. So
>>my question is what is the command I need to script to have the script
>>ask me these questions?
>
>*I* sure wouldn't use GUI scripting to do this.
>
> set srcFl to alias "Lao-Tzu:Users:chris:Documents:Test_Folder_1:"
> set destFl to alias "Lao-Tzu:Users:chris:Documents:Test_Folder_2:"
> set n to text returned of (display dialog "Please enter \"n\":" default
>answer "")
>
> tell application "Finder"
> set fList to items of srcFl
> repeat with ndx from 1 to count of fList by n
> move item ndx of fList to destFl
> end repeat
> end tell
Chris,
After the first file is moved your index is incorrect because what was file #2 is now file #1. The next file you move will be what was file #4 and is now file #3. You need to count backwards with a negative step so your file index doesn't shift.
repeat with ndx from count of fList to 1 by -2
JBS
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