Beginning AppleScript®

B.3. Lists

This section summarizes properties of list object and element specifiers.

B.3.1. List Class Properties

The following table provides the properties for the list class.

Property	Meaning
length	The number of items in the list
reverse	The list with its items in reverse order
rest	Items 2 through the end of the list

B.3.2. Element Specifiers

The following table summarizes the ways to specify items in a list.

Item Specifer	Meaning
first item, second item, third item, ..., tenth item	A specific item by number
1st item, 2nd item, 3rd item, ...	A specific item by number
item 1, item 2, item 3...	A specific item by number
item −1, item −2, item −3	An item relative to the last item; where −1 references the last item
beginning	First item
last item or end	Last item
some item	A random item
middle item	The middle item; item (n +1) div 2, where n is the size of the list
every item	All items
items	Same as everyitem
items m through n or items m thru n	Items m through n; can use beginning for m and end for n