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So that I end up with two variables (one containing all paths only occuring

once and the other containing all the line numbers.

new POSIX path and then a list of

Example

variable 1 variable 2

PATH 1 -- 1,3

PATH 2 -- 2,5

-- path 3 was left out as it is now covered in the variable 2 - 1st line

PATH 4 -- 4

Any ideas on how I do this sorting smartly?

I just might bog down with over 1000 paths. It could take several minutes.

HTH,

set myList to "POSIX path 1 -- Joe - line 1 of file

POSIX path 2 -- Moe - line 2 of file

POSIX path 3 -- Joe - line 3 of file

POSIX path 4 -- John - line 4 of file

POSIX path 5 -- Moe - line 5 of file

POSIX path 6 -- Steve - line 6 of file

POSIX path 7 -- apple - line 7 of file

POSIX path 8 -- pie - line 8 of file

POSIX path 9 -- Janet - line 9 of file

POSIX path 10 -- Caroline - line 10 of file

POSIX path 11 -- apple - line 11 of file"

set text item delimiters to return

set myList to every text item of myList

set newList to {}

set pathInfo to {pathName:"", occourances:{}}

set occourancesList to {}

repeat with x from 1 to the count of myList

set text item delimiters to "-"

set thisPath to text item 3 of item x of myList

if thisPath is not in newList then

set the end of newList to thisPath

set the end of occourancesList to {thisPath, {x}}

else

repeat with y from 1 to the count of occourancesList

if item 1 of item y of occourancesList = thisPath then

set the end of item 2 of item y of occourancesList to x

end if

end repeat

end if

end repeat

repeat with x from 1 to the count of occourancesList

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ", "

set item 2 of item x of occourancesList to item 2 of item x of occourancesList as string

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ": "

set item x of occourancesList to item x of occourancesList as string

end repeat

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return

return occourancesList as string