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Re: Does the variable N have special status?
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Re: Does the variable N have special status?


  • Subject: Re: Does the variable N have special status?
  • From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 08:15:56 -0700

On Jan 4, 2010, at 2:59 AM, Bruce Horrocks wrote:

> Paste the following script into AppleScript Editor:
>
> tell application "Finder"
>    set N to the name of a_file
> end tell
>
> Then press the compile button and the variable N is changed to lowercase.

Not on my system, it doesn't.

Quit the editor, relaunch it and try again.  You'll see that the N remains uppercase.  Then open a new script window, and type the same script, but with a lower-case "n".  Compile it, and the n changes to uppercase.

-- Michelle

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