- Return to book
- Review this book
- About the author
- 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
User Input
Script [7.2.1]:
display dialog "What is your name?" default answer ""
Explanation: The above statement will display a dialog and small text area where user can provide his/her input. Here the keyword default answer "" is necessary, if user input is required.
Figure 7.2.1 User Input Using Dialogs
Script [7.2.2]:
set myName to display dialog "What is your name?" default answer ""
set studentData to text returned of myName
set lengthSize to length of text returned of myName
Explanation: Variable myName will store details of dialog. The dialog will ask the user for his/her name.
Once user, enters the name as input, studentData (type String) will store the actual text entered by user whereas lengthSize (type number) will store the length of text entered by user.
Figure 7.2.2 User Input Values Returned