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Inside Macintosh: AppleScript Language Guide / Part 2 - AppleScript Language Reference
Chapter 3 - Values / Using Value Class Definitions


Elements

Elements of values are values contained within other values. Composite values have elements; simple values do not. The sample value class definition in Figure 3-1 shows one element, called an item.

Use references to refer to elements of composite values. For example, the following reference specifies the third item in a list:

item 3 of {"To", "be", "great", "is", "to", "be", "misunderstood"}
--result: "great"
The "Reference Forms" section of a composite value class definition lists the reference forms you can use to specify elements of composite values.


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13 JUL 1996