That looks like what i need!!
Thank you very much!
John Balgenorth
On Sep 2, 2014, at 10:50 AM, Peter M. Brigham <pmb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's an expanded version -- feed it a list of filetypes and get them all at
> once:
>
> function filterByType pFileList, pTypeList
> -- assuming pTypeList is of the form "jpg,png,gif" (for instance)
> repeat for each item t in pTypeList
> put pFileList into workingList
> filter workingList by ("*." & t)
> put workingList & cr after outList
> end repeat
> return char 1 to -2 of outList
> end filterByType
>
> -- Peter
>
> Peter M. Brigham
> pmb...@gmail.com
> http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
>
>
> On Sep 2, 2014, at 1:14 PM, JB wrote:
>
>> Thank you for the reply and code.
>>
>> If I call it for every type I want then
>> I will need to splice it back together
>> with the other types I filtered after I
>> am done calling for each type.
>>
>> I guess there comes a point when I
>> have added a certain amount of types
>> it will be faster to do one line at a time.
>>
>> Thank you for the code!
>>
>> John Balgenorth
>>
>>
>> On Sep 2, 2014, at 5:17 AM, Peter M. Brigham <pmb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> you can use the following:
>>>
>>> function filterByType pFileList, pType
>>> -- assuming pType is of the form "jpg" or "png"
>>> filter pFileList by ("*." & pType)
>>> return pFileList
>>> end filterByType
>>>
>>> and call it repeatedly for whatever file types you want.
>>>
>>> -- Peter
>>>
>>> Peter M. Brigham
>>> pmb...@gmail.com
>>> http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 1, 2014, at 4:28 PM, JB wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have not tried it yet but if it works
>>>> the problem is I might want to use
>>>> a variety of file types so the repeat
>>>> would filter one line at a time and
>>>> then you check for that type in the
>>>> list of types you will allow.
>>>>
>>>> The way you provided would need it
>>>> to allow a list of types or I would need
>>>> to keep filtering so there might be a
>>>> faster way but I am not sure.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for the reply and code advice.
>>>>
>>>> John Balgenorth
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 1, 2014, at 1:24 PM, Martin Koob <mk...@rogers.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think you can use the filter command with a wildcard and your
>>>>> extension.
>>>>> Put your folder path into tMyFolderPath then:
>>>>>
>>>>> set the folder to tMyFolderPath
>>>>> put the files into theFiles
>>>>> filter theFiles with "*.jpg"
>>>>>
>>>>> Martin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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