Language Guide

CHAPTER 4

Commands

Command Deﬁnitions 93

pluralClassName

The plural class name of the elements to be counted. The

elements of lists, records, and strings are listed in the value

class deﬁnitions in Chapter 3, “Values.”

Class: Class identiﬁer

Default value: Item for lists, records, and application objects;

Character for strings (see “Notes”)

referenceToObject

A reference to the object or objects whose elements are to be

counted. If you do not specify this parameter, the application

counts the elements in the default target of the Tell statement.

Class: List, record, reference, or string

RESULT

The result of the AppleScript command is an integer that speciﬁes the number

of elements of a speciﬁed class in a compound value.

The result of the application command is either an integer or a list of integers.

See “Notes” for details.

Class: Integer or list of integers

EXAMPLES

In the following example, compoundValue is a list. The command does not

explicitly specify a class of elements to count, so AppleScript counts all the

items in the list.

count {"Yes", "No", "Maybe", 4, 5, 6}

--result: 6

In this example, className is integers and referenceToObject is a list of strings

and integers. AppleScript counts the integers in the list.

count integers in {"Yes", "No", "Maybe", 4, 5, 6}

--result: 3