Here's an expanded version -- feed it a list of filetypes and get them all at
once:
function filterByType pFileList, pTypeList
-- assuming pTypeList is of the form "jpg,png,gif" (for instance)
repeat for each item t in pTypeList
put pFileList into workingList
filter workingList by ("*." & t)
put workingList & cr after outList
end repeat
return char 1 to -2 of outList
end filterByType
-- Peter
Peter M. Brigham
pmb...@gmail.com
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On Sep 2, 2014, at 1:14 PM, JB wrote:
> Thank you for the reply and code.
>
> If I call it for every type I want then
> I will need to splice it back together
> with the other types I filtered after I
> am done calling for each type.
>
> I guess there comes a point when I
> have added a certain amount of types
> it will be faster to do one line at a time.
>
> Thank you for the code!
>
> John Balgenorth
>
>
> On Sep 2, 2014, at 5:17 AM, Peter M. Brigham <pmb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> you can use the following:
>>
>> function filterByType pFileList, pType
>> -- assuming pType is of the form "jpg" or "png"
>> filter pFileList by ("*." & pType)
>> return pFileList
>> end filterByType
>>
>> and call it repeatedly for whatever file types you want.
>>
>> -- Peter
>>
>> Peter M. Brigham
>> pmb...@gmail.com
>> http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
>>
>>
>> On Sep 1, 2014, at 4:28 PM, JB wrote:
>>
>>> I have not tried it yet but if it works
>>> the problem is I might want to use
>>> a variety of file types so the repeat
>>> would filter one line at a time and
>>> then you check for that type in the
>>> list of types you will allow.
>>>
>>> The way you provided would need it
>>> to allow a list of types or I would need
>>> to keep filtering so there might be a
>>> faster way but I am not sure.
>>>
>>> Thank you for the reply and code advice.
>>>
>>> John Balgenorth
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 1, 2014, at 1:24 PM, Martin Koob <mk...@rogers.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think you can use the filter command with a wildcard and your extension.
>>>> Put your folder path into tMyFolderPath then:
>>>>
>>>> set the folder to tMyFolderPath
>>>> put the files into theFiles
>>>> filter theFiles with "*.jpg"
>>>>
>>>> Martin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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