Question

I’m using the following AppleScript in my Automator workflow:

on run {input, parameters}
  --say input
  set result_array to {} as list
  try
      repeat with this_file in input
          tell application "Image Events"
              launch
              set this_image to open this_file
              copy dimensions of this_image to {W, H}
              close this_image
          end tell

          set text item delimiters to ":"
          set file_name to last text item of (this_file as string)
          set text item delimiters to ""
          set filter_string to W & "x" & H as string

          if file_name contains filter_string then
              set the end of result_array to this_file
          end if
  end repeat
  return result_array
  on error error_message
      display dialog error_message
  end try
end run

The script runs after a Get Folder Contents action.

There is something wrong with the result array but I can’t figure out what.
The result has to be a list of files which have their size in their names.

Answer 1

If I understood correctly use one of the following :

if file_name contains filter_string then
 -- set the end of result_array to this_file as alias
 -- set the end of result_array to this_file as text
end if

Currently this_file is like a pointer to the original list of files. When used directly it includes the index of the current value and the full list.

This is probably due to how the repeat with a in b is implement in Applescript.