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Putting Folder Names/Contents Into A Variable.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 5:49 am
by Googie85
Could anyone help me with putting folder contents into a variable?
Many Thanks,
Googie,
Re: Putting Folder Names/Contents Into A Variable.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 9:43 am
by jmburnod
Hi Googie,
I use this:
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on doChooseFolder
answer folder "open"
if it = empty then exit doChooseFolder
put LesFilesInFol(it) into tFiles
put tFiles
end doChooseFolder
function LesFilesInFol tFol -- return the list of files in a folder without ".*"
put empty into rLesFilesInFol
if there is a folder tFol then
put the Folder into tOldDF
set the Folder to tFol
put the files into rLesFilesInFol
set the Folder to tOldDF
filter rLesFilesInFol without ".*"
end if
return rLesFilesInFol
end LesFilesInFol
Best regards
Jean-Marc
Re: Putting Folder Names/Contents Into A Variable.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 10:21 am
by FourthWorld
In v9 new params have been added to the files function to allow you to get a list of files in a specified folder:
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put files([<targetFolder>, [short|long]])
Re: Putting Folder Names/Contents Into A Variable.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 2:32 pm
by bogs
Jean-Marc's solution is excellent, but to answer your question directly -
Googie85 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 5:49 am
Could anyone help me with putting folder contents into a variable?
All you really need (which I assume you have) is the folder you want the list of files from. The code is a couple of lines -
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// the folder you want to get the files from, in this case, I set the defaultFolder...
set the defaultFolder to "The folder you want the files from"
put the files into tmpList
// if you want *all* the files, hidden or no, omit the next line...
filter tmpList without ".*"
// use your variable, in this case I used answer...
answer tmpList
This is the result -
- Files from a folder in a variable...
The new parameters Richard mentions make it a little shorter, maybe -
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answer folder "open"
put files(it) into tmpList
filter tmpList without ".*"
answer tmpList
- The new way...