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Another option is with text item delimiters set instring to "This is some _boring_ text" set repstring to "EXCELLENT" set tid to applescript's text item delimiters set applescript's text item delimiters to "_" set outtext to text item 1 of instring & repstring & text item 3 of instring set applescript's text item delimiters to TID outtext Not exactly what you were looking for but it works. It can even be expanded. set instring to "This is some _boring_ text. With _multiple_ replaces." set reptext to {"EXCELLENT","no"} set tid to applescript's text item delimiters set applescript's text item delimiters to "_" set itemlist to every text item of instring set outtext to "" set applescript's text item delimiters to TID repeat with i from 1 to count itemlist if i mod 2 = 1 then set outtext to outtext & item i of itemlist else set outtext to outtext & item (i div 2) of reptext end end furthermore.... set instring to "This is some _boring_ text. With _multiple_ _out of order_ replaces." set reparray to {"out of order", "ordered or unordered", "boring", "EXCELLENT", "multiple", "no"} set tid to AppleScript's text item delimiters set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "_" set itemlist to every text item of instring set outtext to "" set AppleScript's text item delimiters to tid repeat with i from 1 to count itemlist if i mod 2 = 1 then set outtext to outtext & item i of itemlist else repeat with j from 1 to ((count reparray) div 2) if item (2 * j - 1) of reparray = item i of itemlist then set outtext to outtext & item (2 * j) of reparray exit repeat end if end repeat end if end repeat -Mark Feeling pedantic and liking it. On Sep 18, 2008, at 4:56 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote: > Well, there's always the brute force approach: > > set theText to (text begin through (beginItal-1) of theText) & > newString & (text (endItal+1) through end of theText) > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:19 PM, RJay Hansen > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Thanks for the suggestion Mark. Unfortunately, that generates the >> same >> error--"Can't set text 23 thru 32 of theText...etc." >> >> RJay >> >> >> On Sep 18, 2008, at 2:54 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote: >> >>> If theText is >>> >>> Here's some text with underscores (_like this_). >>> >>> Then the first underscore is at text position 36, but is contained >>> within word 6. I'm guessing that beginItal holds the former value, >>> not the latter, so you want "set text beginItal thru endItal of >>> theText", not "set words ...". (Setting words would also replace >>> the >>> entire words "(_like" and "this_)" rather than leaving the >>> parentheses >>> alone.) >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 3:16 PM, RJay Hansen >>> <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm writing a script that's intended to parse out text that is >>>> enclosed >>>> within underscores (_like this_). I'm using Tex-Edit Plus and >>>> Smile. >>>> >>>> I'm putting text selected in Tex-Edit Plus into a variable then >>>> getting >>>> what >>>> I need working with the text in the variable. Once I have it, I >>>> want to >>>> replace the string surrounded by the underscores (and including the >>>> underscores) with the new string using this: >>>> >>>> set words beginItal thru endItal of theText to newString >>>> >>>> beginItal and endItal are the indexes of the underscores. theText >>>> is the >>>> variable that the selection from the document is read into and >>>> newString >>>> is >>>> of course, the replacement string. >>>> >>>> Smile comes back with "Can't set words 23 thru 32 of theText (it >>>> puts the >>>> actual string in the error message/not the variable name as shown >>>> here) >>>> to >>>> newString (and again, it puts the new string in the error >>>> message, not >>>> the >>>> variable name)". >>>> >>>> I haven't been able to figure out why I can't do this. Any help >>>> would be >>>> appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> RJay >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mark J. Reed <[log in to unmask]> >> > > > > -- > Mark J. Reed <[log in to unmask]> >