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Re: Verify if name contains an element of a list


  • Subject: Re: Verify if name contains an element of a list
  • From: "Adam Bell" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:53:45 -0300

I didn't realize that a statement like: "set name_list to name_list's text items" was possible with a list. Learn something every day.

Adam

On 4/19/06, kai <email@hidden> wrote:

On 19 Apr 2006, at 20:14, Adam Bell wrote:

> My variation on this (Kai is too quick for me) replaces the
> offending character in a list of filenames with an underscore "_"

Sorry, Adam. I'll try to slow down a bit in future. ;-)

Here's another routine to convert a list of filenames, involving only
a single repeat loop:

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to switch_chars of name_list from search_list to replace_char
        set tid to text item delimiters
        set text item delimiters to return
        set name_list to name_list as Unicode text
        repeat with search_char in search_list
                set text item delimiters to search_char
                set name_list to name_list's text items
                set text item delimiters to replace_char
                set name_list to name_list as Unicode text
        end repeat
        set text item delimiters to tid
        name_list's paragraphs
end switch_chars

set name_list to {"My?File.scpt", "m/yF|le.txt", "my*File.txt"}
set search_list to {"/", "|", "\\", "*", "?"}
set replace_char to "_"
switch_chars of name_list from search_list to replace_char

--> {"My_File.scpt", "m_yF_le.txt", "my_File.txt"}

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kai


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