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Re: can this be simplified?


  • Subject: Re: can this be simplified?
  • From: "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 21:03:30 -0700




set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"___"}
set new to text items of newName
in my original script, why doesnt it replace the 3 _ _ _ in the above pass?

This is why we were wondering what your input looked like.


Here's what's happening in your script.  All cases where those items in your list occur are replaced by "_"

In the text that results, there may be cases where there are 2 ,  3 or more "_" in a row.

Hello__World___How_are_You_____I_am_Fine

The next command replaces all the cases where there are 3 in a row with 1.
Hello__World_How_are_You___I_am_Fine

Where there were 5 in a row (after the word 'you') it would replace the first 3 with one, leaving you with 3 in a row.

Then your script would replace 2 in a row, with one, leaving your with three in a row in that one case.
Hello_World_How_are_You__I_am_Fine

HTH,

ES

W


dd

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