countAppleListItems

Syntax countAppleListItems (list)

Params list is a binary value containing an Apple event descriptor list.

Action Determines the number of items in the list.

Returns A number indicating the number of items in the list.

Examples countAppleListItems (sample.keyList)
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Errors If list is not a binary value containing a valid descriptor list, an error occurs.

Platform Notes This verb is only implemented in the Mac OS version of Frontier.

Notes Frontier 3.0 and above supports direct list and record manipulation. The sizeOf verb can be used to determine the number of list items.

Valid list values can be created with putAppleListItem, or can be received from another application using complexEvent.

See Also complexEvent

tableEvent

getAppleListItem

putAppleListItem

sizeOf

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