Note to self: ALWAYS debug first. THIS will work.
> I have an update. I didn't account for the fact that keys can be multiple
> words. This updated function should do the trick.
function PKToArray thePrintKeys
put 0 into theOldKeyCount
put empty into theValue
put the itemdelimiter into theOldDelim
set the itemdelimiter to space
repeat for each line theLine in thePrintKeys
put the number of chars of theLine into count1
put word 1 to -1 of theLine into theLine
put the number of chars of theLine into count2
put ((count1 - count2)) /5 +1 into theNewKeyCount
put offset(":", theLine) into theChar
if theChar <> 0 then
put char theChar +2 to -1 of theLine into theValue
put char 1 to theChar -1 of theLine into theKey
else
put theLine into theKey
end if
if theNewKeyCount >= theOldKeyCount then
put "[" & theKey & "]" into item theNewKeyCount of theKeyList
else
put "[" & theKey & "]" into item theNewKeyCount to -1 of theKeyList
end if
if theChar <> 0 then
put "put " & quote & theValue & quote & " into theNewArray" &
theKeyList into theCommand
do theCommand
put empty into theValue
end if
put theNewKeyCount into theOldKeyCount
end repeat
set the itemdelimiter to theOldDelim
return theNewArray
end PKToArray
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