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AppleScript Language Guide

   

If (Simple Statement)

A simple If statement contains one Boolean expression and a statement to be executed if the value of the Boolean expression is true .

SYNTAX
if Boolean then statement

where

Boolean is an expression whose value is true or false .

statement is any AppleScript statement.

EXAMPLES

In the following If statement, the Display Dialog command is executed only if the value of the Boolean expression result > 3 is true .

if result > 3 then display dialog "The result is " & result as string
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