- Introduction
- 1. Basic Commands
- 2. Save Compile Run
- 3. Simplifying Scripting
- 4. Variables & Arithmetic
- 5. Strings & Dialog
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6.
Lists
- 6.1. Declaring Lists
- 6.2. Print List
- 6.3. Merge Lists
- 6.4. Modifying Lists
- 6.5. Extracting Items From Lists
- 6.6. Size of List
- 6.7. Part of List
- 6.8. Reverse of List
- 6.9. Random Value
- 6.10. Coercion
- 6.11. Merging Different Type
- 6.12. Character List
- 6.13. Get List By Splitting Test
- 6.14. Custom Delimiters To String
- 7. More On Dialogs
- 8. Records
- 9. Easier Dialogs
- 10. Conditional Statements
- 11. Try Catch Exceptions
- 12. Files & Folders
- 13. Loops
- 14. Handlers
- 15. Saving As Application
- 16. Additional Guides
- Published using GitBook
Coercion
Script [7.3.1]:
set myAge to display dialog "What is your age?" default answer ""
set studentAge to text returned of myAge as number
Explanation: Variable myAge will store details of dialog. The dialog will ask the user for his/her age. studentAge will contain the value entered by user. But here’s the catch. I have asked AppleScript to convert the text to number. As I don’t want age to be a String.
Figure 7.3.1 Without Coercion
Figure 7.3.1-2 With Coercion