Re: Binary math operations (and, or, etc.)
Re: Binary math operations (and, or, etc.)
- Subject: Re: Binary math operations (and, or, etc.)
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 16:38:32 -0400
At least put the "do shellscript perl" stuff in a handler so you can
change how you do the "bit and", if desired, in only one place!
On 6/8/05, Stephen Jonke <email@hidden
> wrote:I ended up using perl, which I know little about, via "do shell
script" to do this. For example:
> do shell script "perl -e 'print " & windowKeyModifiers & " & 1048576'"
That returns "1048576" if the bit is set and "0" otherwise (yes, in
quotes!) I'll have to see if has' solution is faster, but this does
work. Here is my entire script for determining the spotlight hotkey
settings:
> tell application "System Events"
> if exists property list file
> ":~:Library:Preferences:com.apple.spotlight.plist" then
> set spotlightProps to property list file
> ":~:Library:Preferences:com.apple.spotlight.plist"
> set spotlightKeys to property list item "HotKeys" of
> spotlightProps
>
> set menuKeyEnabled to value of property list item
> "MenuVirtualKeyEnabled" of spotlightKeys
> set menuKey to value of property list item "MenuVirtualKey"
> of spotlightKeys as integer
> set menuKeyModifiers to value of property list item
> "MenuVirtualKeyModifier" of spotlightKeys as integer
>
> set windowKeyEnabled to value of property list item
> "WindowVirtualKeyEnabled" of spotlightKeys
> set windowKey to value of property list item
> "WindowVirtualKey" of spotlightKeys as integer
> set windowKeyModifiers to value of property list item
> "WindowVirtualKeyModifier" of spotlightKeys as integer
>
> set menuKeyMods to {}
> if (do shell script "perl -e 'print " & menuKeyModifiers &
> " & 1048576'") "0" then set menuKeyMods to menuKeyMods & command
> down
> if (do shell script "perl -e 'print " & menuKeyModifiers &
> " & 524288'") "0" then set menuKeyMods to menuKeyMods & option down
> if (do shell script "perl -e 'print " & menuKeyModifiers &
> " & 262144'") "0" then set menuKeyMods to menuKeyMods & control down
> if (do shell script "perl -e 'print " & menuKeyModifiers &
> " & 131072'") "0" then set menuKeyMods to menuKeyMods & shift down
>
> set windowKeyMods to {}
> if (do shell script "perl -e 'print " & windowKeyModifiers
> & " & 1048576'") "0" then set windowKeyMods to windowKeyMods &
> command down
> if (do shell script "perl -e 'print " & windowKeyModifiers
> & " & 524288'") "0" then set windowKeyMods to windowKeyMods &
> option down
> if (do shell script "perl -e 'print " & windowKeyModifiers
> & " & 262144'") "0" then set windowKeyMods to windowKeyMods &
> control down
> if (do shell script "perl -e 'print " & windowKeyModifiers
> & " & 131072'") "0" then set windowKeyMods to windowKeyMods &
> shift down
>
> return {menuKeys:{isEnabled:menuKeyEnabled,
> keyCode:menuKey, modKeys:menuKeyMods}, windowKeys:
> {isEnabled:windowKeyEnabled, keyCode:windowKey,
> modKeys:windowKeyMods}}
> else
> return missing value
> end if
> end tell
Suggestions for improvement certainly accepted!
Steve
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Stephen
Jonke email@hidden
On Jun 8, 2005, at 3:12 PM, deivy petrescu wrote:
>
> On Jun 8, 2005, at 11:01, Stephen Jonke wrote:
>
>
>> When I try either of these scripts, the following inputs produce
>> the "No can do!" dialog:
>>
>> andorxorit(3670288, 1048576) -> toand should be 1048576
>> andorxorit(3010440, 1048576) -> toand should be 0
>>
>> What I'm trying to do is see if a certain bit or bits is set.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>
> Steve, you have to convert 3670288 to binary base before performing
> binary operations.
>
> Look for my matematica libraries here <http://www.dicas.com/MacOs/
> script_download.html>
> The modulus you want is 1. It converts numbers from bases 2 through
> 16 to 10 and vice versa.
> So you will need three scripts.
> And by what I see you are doing, use Nigel's version, it will work
> for you, whereas mine will not.
>
>
>
>
> deivy petrescu
> email@hidden
>
>
>
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