16.1 Strings
Description
Macintosh
line break character. There does not
seem to be any conflict with the keyword return
(Section 8.1). The only place where a conflict could
occur is when return is the first word of a line.
The rule in that situation seems to be that if
return is followed by an operator, it
can't be the keyword, so it must be this property.
Example
"This is a line." & return & "This is another line."
Description
Tab character.
Example
"an item" & tab & "another item"
Description
Space character.
Example
"word" & space & "otherWord"
| text item delimiters | "" (the empty string)
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Description
The text item delimiters
has two uses. It is used to split a
string into its text item elements (Section 13.4).
And it is used to join list items when
a list is coerced to a string (Section 14.6, and
please reread the warning there).
Example
set text item delimiters to ":"
text item 1 of (path to system folder as string)
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