Introduction to applescript

Hi Everyone,

Lets start with some intro of apple script.

Open your apple script editor and enter the text below.

[code]
display dialog "Hello, coding-scripting!"
[/code]

compile and run, a display box will appear with text "Hello, user".

Now to listen to your name, you need to enter below code

[code]
Say "Hello, coding-scripting!"
[/code]

Cool, isnt it.

Now to repeat any command (looping), you have to use repeat command, use the below code, to display the dialog box twice.

[code]
repeat 2 times
display dialog "Hello, coding-scripting!"
end repeat
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To produce a beep, you need to use beep command.

[code]
beep
[/code]

To beep multiple times, just enter the number (the time you want to produce beep)

[code]
beep 5
[/code]

To set a variable, you need to use set command.

[code]
set myName to "coding-scripting!"
display dialog myName
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Okay, now how to concatenate the text, we need to use & operator

[code]
set myName to "coding-scripting!"
display dialog "Hello, " & myName
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Displaying a text box, to grab input from user.

[code]
set myName to the text returned of (display dialog "Enter your name." default answer "" buttons {"Enter"})
display dialog "Hello, " & myName & ". Welcome to coding-scripting!"
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Mathematical operations for variables :

[code]
set number1 to 5
set number2 to 5
set number3 to number1 + number2
display dialog number3
display dialog "Thanks for reading my tutorial."
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Creating loop and displaying multiple messages :

[code]
set myMessage to {"Hello user!", "Welcome to coding-scripting!"}
set x to 1
repeat 2 times
    display dialog (item x of myMessage)
    set x to (x + 1)
end repeat
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While and if else structure

[code]
set a to true
set b to 0
repeat while x
    if a > 5 then
        set b to false
    else
        set b to b + 1
    end if
end repeat
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Thanks for reading my tutorial.