Re: multiple text delimiters
Re: multiple text delimiters
- Subject: Re: multiple text delimiters
- From: "Gary (Lists)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:36:16 -0400
"Malcolm Fitzgerald" wrote:
>
> On Sep 27, 2005, at 2:21 PM, Patrick J. Collins wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to set applescripts text delimiters to more than one
>> character?
>
> On 28/09/2005, at 10:39 AM, Gary (Lists) wrote:
>
>> set the target_string to "[this] is (a) (test) (sentence.]"
>> set text item delimiters to {"]", "[", "(", ")"}
>> item 1 of (text of (text items of target_string))
>> --> "this is a test sentence."
>
> That is fantastic! But when I try it:
>
> set the target_string to "[this] is (a) (test) (sentence.]"
> set text item delimiters to {"]", "[", "(", ")"}
> item 1 of (text of (text items of target_string))
> --> "[this"
I absolutely can not explain why it is that now, I too, get the same result
as you.
I copied and pasted the prior script directly from Smile, posted that
message, left from the computer without closing anything, had dinner,
watched a movie, and then returned. After reading your message, I flipped
over to the still-running Smile and ran the three lines again, and am
baffled at the outcome.
I think my reliance on two TID handlers [split() and join()] has clouded my
memory of multi-item TIDs working or not working.
Michelle's approach is obviously correct.
(And I remain confused as to my earlier result.)
--
Gary
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