AppleScript script unable to respond to a script statement correctly
AppleScript script unable to respond to a script statement correctly
- Subject: AppleScript script unable to respond to a script statement correctly
- From: ILJA SHEBALIN <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 05:07:14 +0300
Hello,
I wrote a script which re-arranges items in a continuous order. The items are
records each containing two properties: text which is a paragraph of the
original text and a number which denotes the paragraph's position in the
original text. The items are to be ordered by placing them according to the
numbered parameter values so that I could easily reverse the order by simply
applying reverse property of list class to get the items sorted in a continuous
ascending order. The script is as follows:
set RecList to {{ParagraphText:"On 18 Jun 2018, at 3:28 pm, Ilya Shebalin
<email@hidden> wrote:", ParagraphPosition:1}, {ParagraphText:"That's
how the as \"class utf8\" compiles in ScriptDebugger:", ParagraphPosition:3},
{ParagraphText:"", ParagraphPosition:4}, {ParagraphText:"Type this into a
Script Debugger window:", ParagraphPosition:5}, {ParagraphText:"",
ParagraphPosition:6}, {ParagraphText:"current date", ParagraphPosition:7},
{ParagraphText:"Compile, then go to the View Menu and choose Show Raw (Chevron)
Syntax, and compile again. What do you see now?", ParagraphPosition:9},
{ParagraphText:"", ParagraphPosition:2}, {ParagraphText:"",
ParagraphPosition:8}}
set NewRecList to {}
repeat until RecList is {}
repeat with itemRef in RecList
if ParagraphPosition of contents of itemRef = (count RecList)
then
"log (count RecList):"
log (count RecList)
"log ParagraphPosition of contents of itemRef = (count
RecList):"
log (ParagraphPosition of contents of itemRef = (count
RecList))
set end of NewRecList to contents of itemRef
set (contents of itemRef) to missing value --a problem
here!
"log (contents of ItemRef):"
log (contents of itemRef)
set RecList to every record of RecList
"log RecList:"
log RecList
"log (count RecList):"
log (count RecList)
end if
end repeat
end repeat
return {List1:NewRecList, List2:RecList}
Notice the log statements. Despite the fact that all statements resolve to true
and contains expected values NewRecList contains duplicates of some items
leaving alone others whereas the logic does not seemingly imply that. It should
assign missing value to an item and consider only records, but it fails for
that particular items. Tell me please what mistake I made.
Happy day,
I.S. _______________________________________________
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