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Re: Changing a list to path
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Re: Changing a list to path


  • Subject: Re: Changing a list to path
  • From: Mark Lively <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:40:59 -0500

On 1/30/06, Steven Valenti <email@hidden> wrote:
> Is there a command that will insert the ":" between the items in your
> list or is the only way to make a repeat loop?
> Thanks
>
>
>
> set PathToFolder to "Macintosh
> HD:Users:username:Desktop:JobsToDo:TestJob"
> set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ":"
> set ListPath to text items of PathToFolder
> set NewPathToFolder to (items 1 thru 4 of ListPath) & "JobsDone" &
> (item 6 of ListPath)
>
> set PathToFolder to ""
> repeat with i in NewPathToFolder
>         set PathToFolder to PathToFolder & i & ":"
> end repeat
>
>

Same way you got there.

set foo to "a:b:c"
set tid to applescript's text item delimiters
set applescript's text item delimiters to ":"
set foo to every text item of foo
log foo
set foo to foo as text
set applescript's text item delimiters to tid

-Mark
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