re: Selecting From A List (Jim Brandt)
re: Selecting From A List (Jim Brandt)
- Subject: re: Selecting From A List (Jim Brandt)
- From: David Crowe <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:02:17 -0600
Jim;
I am always forced to search the list. Not a big deal really but it would be nice if the index of the item was returned.
- David Crowe
> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:47:17 -0500
> From: Jim Brandt <email@hidden>
> To: email@hidden
> Subject: Selecting From A List
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> I have a need to select multiple items from a list (sometimes lists
> of hundreds of items).
>
> After getting the selection, I need the index into the list of each
> item selected.
> Is there an easy way to do this?
>
> An example:
>
> set ListOfSelections to {"String 1", "String 2", "String 3", ...,
> "String n"}
>
> set r to choose from list ListOfSelections with prompt "Pick one or
> more:" with multiple selections allowed
>
> Assuming I select "String 2", "String 3" and "String n", r contains a
> list {"String 2", "String 3", "String n"}
>
> I need to know that the first string of the selection is item 2 of
> the original list,
> the second string of the selection is item 3 of the original list and
> the third
> string of the selection is item n of the original list. Is there a
> way to return the
> item number of the original list instead of the selections
> themselves, or do I
> now need to search the original list to pick out the positions?
>
> TIA,
>
> Jim Brandt
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