Comparing lists
Comparing lists
- Subject: Comparing lists
- From: Peter Baxter <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2013 09:14:58 +1100
| I am trying to check whether files printed to PDF from Filemaker Pro Databases have been printed.
I wrote a script that creates an applescript list of all the records in a field. It then is supposed to check the contents of a folder for files that are not in both lists: set FilemakerList to the result -- the name of each file printed from the the records in the database -- ie. BAX0001.pdf end repeat
set PrintedReports to {} -- this part of the script selects the names of all files from the folder
set Uniquelist to {}
repeat with a from 1 to (count FilemakerList) set thisUpdate to item a of FilemakerList if (text items of (thisUpdate) is not in text items of (PrintedReports)) then set end of Uniquelist to thisUpdate end repeat
Uniquelist
As one list is the name of files, and the other list is text from Filemaker, they are not recognised as identical. The whole list is printed. How do I get the script to recognise them as the same? (coerce them into the same format?)
Peter Baxter
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