BridgePlus.framework, SMSForder Class Methods

Category

Offset vs Range methods

Method

Summary

These methods can be used to convert between AppleScript character indexes or offsets (which are based on composed character sequences) and NSRange values (which are based 16-bit unichar values). Range location and character index only differ when the text contains code points ouside Unicode's Basic Multilingual Plane.

Convert a character index from AppleScript to a Cocoa location or NSRange

Signature

Parameters

offset = AppleScript character index

aString = a string

Result

An integer

Availability

Version 1.1.1

Notes

Sample

use scripting additions

use framework "Foundation"

use script "BridgePlus"

load framework

set aString to "A 😀 string."

set theResult to current application's SMSForder's locationOfCharacterAt:3 inString:aString

--> 2

set theResult to current application's SMSForder's locationOfCharacterAt:4 inString:aString

--> 4