Re: How can I simplify the math in this script?
Re: How can I simplify the math in this script?
- Subject: Re: How can I simplify the math in this script?
- From: Skeeve <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:17:04 +0200
What about skipping the counter and adding a plural-s?
property Launch3G : date "Friday, July 11, 2008 6:00:00 PM"
set units to {{weeks, "week"}, {days, "day"}, {hours, "hour"}, {minutes,
"minute"}, {1, "second"}}
repeat
set timeLeft to Launch3G - (current date)
set resultString to ""
repeat with unittuple in units
set unitSize to item 1 of unittuple
set unitName to item 2 of unittuple
set unitCount to timeLeft div unitSize
set timeLeft to timeLeft mod unitSize
if resultString is "" then
set resultString to "iPhone 3G will be launched in exactly"
else
set resultString to resultString & ","
end if
set resultString to resultString & " " & unitCount & " " &
plural(unitName, unitCount)
end repeat
display dialog (resultString & ".") giving up after 1
end repeat
to plural(some_text, is_plural)
if is_plural = 1 then return some_text
return some_text & "s"
end plural
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