Re: choose from list defaults
Re: choose from list defaults
- Subject: Re: choose from list defaults
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 08:54:28 -0400
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Luther Fuller <email@hidden> wrote:
> This script works correctly ...
>
> set choices to {"meat", "potatoes", "apple pie"}
> set defaultItem to {item 2 of choices}
> choose from list choices default items defaultItem
>
> However, the dictionary for 'choose from list' states ...
>
> [default items list of text or number] : a list of items to initially
> select (an empty list if no selection)
>
> which would seem to indicate that this second line should work ...
>
> set defaultItem to {2}
I don't see that reading at all. A list contains items; when you say
"item 2 of list", you are identifying a particular item: the second
one. In no way is the number 2 itself an item.
--
Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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