WD6X: AppleScript Example: Count CommandLast reviewed: November 17, 1997Article ID: Q125581 |
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SUMMARYThe information in this article discusses the following AppleScript event:
CountThis event is found in the Core Suite of Word's Event Dictionary. WARNING: ANY USE BY YOU OF THE CODE PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this macro code "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.
MORE INFORMATIONThe Core Suite contains events that an application should support to facilitate easy, intuitive communications between the application and the system software. System 7.0 was the first operating system to support these events. The Count command is used to count the number of objects (words, paragraphs, and so on) in a document. The result is displayed as an integer in "the result" window of AppleScript.
Count 'something' [Each] 'type' The Each argument tells the Count command what to count, as in --Count each word-- or --Count each paragraph--. ExampleThe following AppleScript script examples shows two scripts that use the Count command to count the number of words in a document. These scripts do the following:
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