Substring function

[jwbuzz]

I'm trying to simply remove the extension from a filename that I have in a variable. I can't seem to find a substring type of function or keyword.

Ex:

put "My Song.mp3" into tTrack

answer tTrack // I want this to print "My Song" without the extension.

[Klaus]

Hi jwbuzz,

this is a case for the very flexible and settable "itemdelimiter"!
...
put "My Song.mp3" into tTrack
set itemdel to "."

## Display all ITEMS but the last of tTrack
answer item 1 to -2 of tTrack
...
Cool, isn't it?

You could also e.g.:
delete char -4 to -1 of tTrack

Hope that helps!


Best from germany

Klaus

[jwbuzz]

Thanks.. That's great.. Just a little unfamiliar coming from other languages.

[Zryip TheSlug]

You could also resolved by thinking like this : I would remove the extension of my file.

So:

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put "My Song.mp3" into tTrack
set itemdel to "."
delete last item of tTrack
return tTrack

Now for manipulating substring, you can play with:

- items introduced nicely by Klaus

- chars
e.g. :

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put char 1 to 3 of "Great!"

-> return "Gre"

- words
e.g. :

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put word 2 to 3 of "That is great"

-> return "is great"

- lines
e.g. :

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put line 1 to 2 of "That is great
really great
Cool!"

-> return "That is great
really great"

and you can combining all this key words:
e.g.:

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put char 1 to 2 of word 2 of line 2 of "That is great
really great
Cool!"

-> return "gr"

There is language and language, depending that if you think like computers or humans

Regards,