Re: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable
Re: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable
- Subject: Re: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:47:17 +1100
- Thread-topic: How do I delete the 1st three characters from a variable
On 6/1/06 12:44 PM, "has" <email@hidden> wrote:
> I take it back, you merely misunderstood.
In that case I'm probably going to do it again.
>
> text from character x to character y
>
> is just a synonym for:
>
> text (character x) thru (character y)
>
> which is a shortcut for:
>
> text x thru y
OK, so you're saying the first two are shortcuts for the last.
>
> The first two mean the exact same thing, so it makes not one jot of difference
> which way you write it. The last doesn't, but is usually expanded to the other
> form under the hood for the user's convenience
So you're saying the long form is "expanded" under the hood into the
shortcut. I sense a terminology problem, and I'm not sure it's
AppleScript's.
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
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