Control Statements

Control statements are described in detail in Control Statements.

Control statements are statements that control when and how other statements are executed. Table A-9 summarizes the control statements in the AppleScript English dialect. For more information about control statements, see Control Statements

Table A-9 Control statements

Control statement	Syntax
`tell`	`tell referenceToObject to statement`
	`tell referenceToObject [ statement ]... end [ tell ]`
`if`	`if Boolean then statement`
	`if Boolean [ then ] [ statement ]... [ else if Boolean [ then ] [ statement ]...]... [ else [ statement ]...] end [ if ]`
`repeat`	`repeat [ statement ]... end [ repeat ]`
	`repeat integer [ times ] [ statement ]... end [ repeat ]`
	`repeat while Boolean [ statement ]... end [ repeat ]`
	`repeat until Boolean [ statement ]... end [ repeat ]`
	`repeat with variable from integer to integer [ by integer ] [ statement ]... end [ repeat ]`
	`repeat with variable in list [ statement ]... end [ repeat ]`
`exit`	`exit`
`try`	`try [ statement ]... on error ¬ [ errorMessageVariable ] ¬ [ number errorNumberVariable ] ¬ [ from offendingObjectVariable ] ¬ [ partial result resultListVariable ] ¬ [ to expectedTypeVariable ] [ global variable [, variable ]...] [ local variable [, variable ]...] [ statement ]... end [ error \| try ]`
`considering`	`considering attribute [, attribute ... and attribute ] [ but ignoring attribute [, attribute ... and attribute ] ] [ statement ]... end considering`
`ignoring`	`ignoring attribute [, attribute ... and attribute ] [ but considering attribute [, attribute ... and attribute ] ] [ statement ]... end ignoring`
`with timeout`	`with timeout [ of ] integer second[s] [ statement ]... end [ timeout ]`
`with transaction`	`with transaction [ session ] [ statement ]... end [ transaction ]`