Inside Macintosh: AppleScript Language Guide / Part 2 - AppleScript Language Reference

Chapter 5 - Objects and References / Reference Forms

Middle Element

The Middle Element reference form specifies the middle object of a particular class in a container.

SYNTAX

middle className 

where

className is the class identifier for the specified object.

EXAMPLES

middle word of paragraph 1
middle item of {1, "doughnut", 33}

NOTES

AppleScript calculates the middle object with the expression ((n + 1) div 2), where n is the number of objects and div is the integer division operator. If there is an even number of objects in the container, the result is rounded down. For example, the middle word of a paragraph containing twenty words is the tenth word.