Language Guide

CHAPTER 3
Values
62 Value Class Definitions
Word A continuous series of characters that contains only the
following types of characters:
letters (including letters with diacritical marks)
digits
nonbreaking spaces
dollar signs, cent signs, English pound symbols, or yen symbols
percent signs
commas between digits
periods before digits
apostrophes between letters or digits
hyphens (but not minus signs [Option-hyphen] or dashes
[Option-Shift-hyphen]).
Here are some examples of words:
non-functional
he's
v1.0
$99.99
12c-d
Note that this definition applies to English text in the Roman
script system. Words in other languages are defined by the
script system for each language if the appropriate script system
is installed. (For more information about script systems, see
page 317.)
OPERATORS
The operators that can have strings as operands are &, =, , >, , <, , Starts
With, Ends With, Contains, Is Contained By, and As.
For detailed explanations and examples of how AppleScript operators treat
strings, see “Operators That Handle Operands of Various Classes,” which
begins on page 168.