Re: changing part of a string
Re: changing part of a string
- Subject: Re: changing part of a string
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:02:26 -0500
I didnt doubt they did. I was just surprised...
On 1/28/08, Luther Fuller <email@hidden> wrote:
> I am currently re-writing a script that uses both of these
> techniques. They work.
>
> On Jan 28, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> > Huh. For some reason i had it in my head that AS strings were
> > immutable.
> >
> > On 1/28/08, Luther Fuller <email@hidden> wrote:
> >> On Jan 27, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Patrik B. wrote:
> >>> I have a path that I need to change slightly:
> >>> Example:
> >>> G5:bigfolder:2 color:myfolder:image1.eps -- I need to change "2
> >>> color" only
> >>> G5:bigfolder:CMYK images:myfolder:image1.eps
> >>> How do I replace out just "2color" to "CMYK color" is it possible
> >>> to search
> >>
> >> If you know, without searching, that you want to change text item 3,
> >> then ...
> >>
> >> set fullPath to "G5:bigfolder:2 color:myfolder:image1.eps"
> >> set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {":"}
> >> set text item 3 of fullPath to "CMYK images"
> >>
> >> If you need to search for and test the text item, you might want
> >> to ...
> >>
> >> set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {":"}
> >> then get a list of path items;
> >> determine which item to change;
> >> change it;
> >> convert list of path items back to a full path.
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