Language Guide

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Name 134
Property 135
Range 136
Relative 139
Using the Filter Reference Form 140
References to Files and Applications 143
References to Files 144
References to Applications 146
References to Local Applications 147
References to Remote Applications 148
Chapter 6 Expressions
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Results of Expressions 149
Variables 150
Creating Variables 150
Using Variables 152
The “A Reference To” Operator 153
Data Sharing 154
Scope of Variables 155
Predefined Variables 156
Script Properties 156
Defining Script Properties 157
Using Script Properties 157
Scope of Script Properties 158
AppleScript Properties 158
Text Item Delimiters 158
Reference Expressions 160
Operations 161
Operators That Handle Operands of Various Classes 168
Equal, Is Not Equal To 168
Greater Than, Less Than 172
Starts With, Ends With 173
Contains, Is Contained By 175
Concatenation 177
Operator Precedence 178
Date-Time Arithmetic 180