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About the author
Introduction
- 0.1. Dedicated To
- 0.2. Copyright
- 0.3. About The Author
- 0.4. About The Book
1. Basic Commands
- 1.1. Comments
- 1.2. Say
- 1.3. Beep
- 1.4. Tell
2. Save Compile Run
- 2.1. Save
- 2.2. Export
- 2.3. Compile
- 2.4. Run
3. Simplifying Scripting
4. Variables & Arithmetic
5. Strings & Dialog
- 5.1. Declaring Strings
- 5.2. Dialogs
- 5.3. Merging Strings
- 5.4. Length of String
- 5.5. Escape Sequences
- 5.6. Coercion
- 5.7. Dialog With Custom Buttons
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
- 7.1. Button Pressed
- 7.2. User Input
- 7.3. Coercion
8. Records
- 8.1. Declaring Records
- 8.2. Count
- 8.3. Extracting Information From Record
- 8.4. Import Records
- 8.5. Copy Command
9. Easier Dialogs
10. Conditional Statements
- 10.1. Comparison
- 10.2. if...else
- 10.3. Conditions In Lists
- 10.4. Conditions & Records
- 10.5. Logical Conditions
11. Try Catch Exceptions
12. Files & Folders
- 12.1. Folders
- 12.2. Opening Folders
- 12.3. Opening Files
13. Loops
- 13.1. Creating A Loop
- 13.2. Amalgamating Learning
- 13.3. Exiting Loops
- 13.4. Counters
14. Handlers
- 14.1. Defining A Handler
- 14.2. Calling A Handler
- 14.3. Parametrized Handler
- 14.4. Return Statement
- 14.5. Local Variables
- 14.6. Importing AppleScript File
- 14.7. Call Methods In Tell
15. Saving As Application
16. Additional Guides

Basics of AppleScript

Lists

A list contains number of items. We usually make lists to remember multiple items.

If you have ever made websites using HTML, then you must have come across ul and ol which allows us to create lists. AppleScript enables us to declare lists too.