applescriptmacos
How do I make AppleScript count exactly?
According to AppleScript, the following equation would be true:89723443578920345892 / 2 = 448617217894600000000
That, though, is not true. What can I do in order to make AppleScript actually count without rounding it afterward?
If you run this to kick off the keynote then it will quit Keynote as soon ( well within 5 seconds ) as you stop presenting (esc). If you want it to quit after you sit on the final slide for a preset amount of time then just say so.
tell application "Keynote"
if not playing then
start
repeat while playing
delay 5
end repeat
end if
quit
end tell
To set the path of an AppleScript script or app to a variable use the following code:
set thePath to POSIX path of (path to me as text)
Example:
set thePath to POSIX path of (path to me as text)
display dialog "The path to me is: " & thePath
If you want the path up to the script or app set to a variable use the following code:
set thePath to POSIX path of ((path to me as text) & ":")
Example:
set thePath to POSIX path of ((path to me as text) & ":")
display dialog "The path to me is: " & thePath
Best Answer
The command line utility
bcis capable of arbitrary precision mathematics, and you can call a command line utility from AppleScript and get a value from it.For example:
Gives this result:
44861721789460172946To pass command line arguments as AppleScript variables:
But this gets us back to the original problem, AppleScript represents large numbers as a float, so I had to pass the value as a string. So depending on where you get the very large number from, this could be problematic or a non-solution.