Lesson 17. Working with Text

Basics The length Property Concatenation Quoting Text The offset Command Text and Character Ranges Text Item Delimiters Characters, Words, and Paragraphs The Many Forms of Text The summarize Command What’s Next?

The manipulation of textual data is one of the most common script actions. Nearly every script works with text in some manner, whether it’s parsing filenames, creating display messages, or editing word-processing documents. This chapter contains an overview of the standard text tools incorporated into the AppleScript language and how they are used in common practice.