Re: Am I missing something here? I thought there was an elegant way to do this.
Re: Am I missing something here? I thought there was an elegant way to do this.
- Subject: Re: Am I missing something here? I thought there was an elegant way to do this.
- From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:01:06 -0400
Ahhh, yeah, silly me. I know that's something I always wish were true, but really bites me every time I come back to AS.
I wonder if it's possible to coerce the items into a virtual reference form so that you can filter??
Thanks.
On Apr 26, 2012, at 12:46 PM, Axel Luttgens wrote:
> Le 26 avr. 2012 à 16:49, Alex Zavatone a écrit :
>
>> set myRecord to every item of myList whose ( text contains "Safari")
>
> Hello Alex,
>
> Filter reference forms (aka whose clauses) can't be applied to AppleScript objects (lists, records or texts). On the other hand, applications *may* implement such reference forms, to be applied against their own objects, as in:
>
> tell application "Finder"
> files of desktop whose name contains ".pdf"
> end tell
>
> More details at:
>
> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangGuide/reference/ASLR_reference_forms.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000983-CH4g-BAJJHEFE
>
> HTH,
> Axel
>
>
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