Re: Unwanted null characters
Re: Unwanted null characters
- Subject: Re: Unwanted null characters
- From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:58:23 -0600
At 11:22 -0700 10/4/07, Joe wrote:
>Example clipping name:
>h-t-t-p---/-/-w-w-w-.-b-o-s- 1
AppleScript is changing your strings to unicode which uses 16 bit bytes. For ASCII characters that are only 7 bits long that amounts to adding a null byte before each ASCII byte.
Have a look at the archives and search for unicode to find the current scuttlebutt that will expose proper English-like syntax to tell the Script Editor just what you have and want. It's be something like "as plain old 1984 text" but guessing never works.
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Applescript syntax is like English spelling:
Roughly, though not thoroughly, thought through.
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