Re: What's in a word
Re: What's in a word
- Subject: Re: What's in a word
- From: Jon Pugh <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:40:01 -0700
On Oct 17, 2012, at 10:03 AM, John McClintock wrote:
> In the following, why is word -1 of a_url "jpg" and word -1 of the_url the whole file name?
>
> set a_url to "http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/browse/2009/08/02/ahead/euvi/195/1024/20090802_001530_n7euA_195.jpg";
> set the_url to "http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/browse/2012/10/09/ahead/cor1/1024/20121009_001024_s4c1A.jpg";
>
> display dialog "Word -1 of a_url is " & word -1 of a_url & return & "Word - 1 of the_url is " & word -1 of the_url
>
> ?
In the System Preferences => Language & Test pane => Text tab, there is a popup named Word Break and it can be set to “Standard” which produces the behavior you observe. If you set it to “English (United States, Computer)” then you’ll see the behavior you expect (once you recompile your script).
Credit goes to Chris Page who explained it to me.
Jon
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