[tonymac]

I need a way to take a text input from the user and convert it to all caps for use. Specifically, the script prompts the user for a name then creates a folder with that name. For the sake of uniformity, I need the folder name to be in all caps. Any suggestions?

[lycaon]

Try using the ASCII commands in the Standard Additions dictionary.

example:

Code:
set file_name to "blah-BLAH-blah-234"
set new_file_name to convertToCaps(file_name)
log new_file_name

on convertToCaps(x)
	set z to {}
	repeat with a in (characters of x)
		set b to ASCII number a
		if b > 96 and b < 123 then
			set b to b - 32
			set end of z to (ASCII character b) as text
		else
			set end of z to a as text
		end if
	end repeat
	return z as string
end convertToCaps

returns
(*BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-234*)

There's probably a more efficient method. Visit MacScripter.net to see if there's anything better.

Happy Applescripting!

Here's a list of results using the ASCII number command:

"a"--> 97 "A"--> 65
"b"--> 98 "B"--> 66
"c"--> 99 "C"--> 67
"d"--> 100 "D"--> 68
"e"--> 101 "E"--> 69
"f"--> 102 "F"--> 70
"g"--> 103 "G"--> 71
"h"--> 104 "H"--> 72
"i"--> 105 "I"--> 73
"j"--> 106 "J"--> 74
"k"--> 107 "K"--> 75
"l"--> 108 "L"--> 76
"m"--> 109 "M"--> 77
"n"--> 110 "N"--> 78
"o"--> 111 "O"--> 79
"p"--> 112 "P"--> 80
"q"--> 113 "Q"--> 81
"r"--> 114 "R"--> 82
"s"--> 115 "S"--> 83
"t"--> 116 "T"--> 84
"u"--> 117 "U"--> 85
"v"--> 118 "V"--> 86
"w"--> 119 "W"--> 87
"x"--> 120 "X"--> 88
"y"--> 121 "Y"--> 89
"z"--> 122 "Z"--> 90

[This message has been edited by lycaon (edited 06-03-2000).]

[lycaon]

Hello again,

If you go to MacScripter.net and search for a script called "TitleCase" by Arthur J. Knapp, you'll see a better implementation of replacing characters using ASCII commands and text item delimiters (be sure to read up on text item delimiters first if you've never used them). You should be able to adapt part of it to your needs.

Have fun!

[This message has been edited by lycaon (edited 06-03-2000).]

[tonymac]

I appreciate the prompt responses. However, I seem to have answered my own question. I found a scripting addition called "Kamprath's Text Utilities" on www.osaxen.com. It allows several conversions on text strings including all upper case, all lower case, and title case. It worked perfectly. Since all the machines running the script will have access to a common file server, I added a sub routine to check for the existence of the addition. If it's missing the routine will attempt to install it from the server. If it fails, the the script will skip the capitalization command altogether.