Ruby-style string interpolation in AppleScript

Question

Is there a way to achieve Ruby-style, string interpolation in AppleScript? I need a flexible way of creating string patterns.

Ruby:

fn = "john"
=> "john"

ln = "doe"
=> "doe"

addresses = []
=> []

addresses << "#{fn[0]}#{ln}@company.com"
=> ["[email protected]"]

addresses << "#{fn}.#{ln}@company.com"
=> ["[email protected]", "[email protected]"]

AppleScript:

set fn to "john"
set ln to "doe"

set theAddresses to {}

# [email protected]
copy [something here] & "@company.com" to the end of theAddresses

Stefan · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-25 18:31:16Z

6

AFAIK there's no string interpolation in AppleScript. The equivalent would be something like this:

copy first character of fn & ln & "@company.com" to the end of theAddresses
copy fn & "." & ln & "@company.com" to the end of theAddresses

# {"[email protected]", "[email protected]"}

answered Jan 25, 2014 at 18:31

Stefan

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2 Comments

Franklin Yu Over a year ago

This is really sad. Almost all other languages start to support string interpolation. Apple simply stopped developing AppleScript.

Stefan Over a year ago

@FranklinYu yes, they keep limiting users more and more. macOS has become a very controlled environment.

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