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Fri, 21 May 2010 10:06:46 -0400
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Re: Pound signs from the dark side
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Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]>
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On May 21, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Bill Steele wrote:

> I've been doing this for years and all of a sudden...
> 
> set foo to choose folder --> "HardDisk:foldername:otherfoldername:"
> set bar to list folder foo
> set oneFile to item 2 of bar --> "somefile.txt
> set newName to foo & oneFile as string --> "HardDisk:foldername:otherfoldername:#somefile.txt"
> 
> Where did the (expletive deleted) pound sign come from?

What is Applescript's text item delimiters set to?

-Mark
Who just had that randomly break in a script yesterday.

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