Re: Why does 1440 not equal 1440?
Re: Why does 1440 not equal 1440?
- Subject: Re: Why does 1440 not equal 1440?
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:31:29 -0400
Because numbers aren't strings.
1440 = "1440" => false
Try:
if (temp - 0) = newB then . . .
end
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Robert Poland <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
> This script does not work.
> The file "setBounds_Monitors" contains the line '2560 1440 iMac_27"', three
> items separated by tabs.
> I have tried creating this file with several text editors.
> The display dialog shows the correct text but fails to equal.
> What subtlety am I missing here?
>
> property theDataFile : POSIX file "Library/Scripts/Universal
> Scripts/setBounds_Monitors" -- data file
> global newR, newB
> -- get screen size for monitor
> tell application "Finder" to set {newL, newT, newR, newB} to bounds of
> window of desktop
> my monitorData()
> display dialog newR & " X " & newB as text
> on monitorData() -- screen parameters
> set originalDelimiters to AppleScript's text item delimiters
> set fileData to read file theDataFile
> set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {return}
> -- get line of data
> repeat with i from 1 to (count text items of fileData)
> set currentLineItem to (text item i of fileData)
> set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {tab}
> # parse out application name for comparison
> set temp to text item 2 of currentLineItem
> display dialog temp & return & "-" & newB & "-" as text
> if temp = newB then
> beep
> exit repeat
> end if
> set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {return}
> end repeat
>
> -- parse out data
> set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {tab}
> set newB to text item 2 of currentLineItem
> set newR to text item 1 of currentLineItem
> set AppleScript's text item delimiters to originalDelimiters -- reset
> end monitorData
>
> TIA,
>
> Robert Poland - Fort Collins, CO
>
>
>
>
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