Putting Folder Names/Contents Into A Variable.

[Googie85]

Could anyone help me with putting folder contents into a variable?

Many Thanks,

Googie,

[jmburnod]

Hi Googie,
I use this:

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on doChooseFolder
   answer folder "open"
   if it = empty then exit doChooseFolder
   put LesFilesInFol(it) into tFiles
   put tFiles
end doChooseFolder

function LesFilesInFol tFol -- return the list of files in a folder without ".*"
   put empty into rLesFilesInFol
   if there is a folder tFol then
      put the Folder into tOldDF
      set the Folder to tFol
      put the files into rLesFilesInFol
      set the Folder to tOldDF
      filter rLesFilesInFol without ".*"
   end if
   return rLesFilesInFol
end LesFilesInFol

Best regards
Jean-Marc

[FourthWorld]

In v9 new params have been added to the files function to allow you to get a list of files in a specified folder:

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put files([<targetFolder>, [short|long]])

[bogs]

Jean-Marc's solution is excellent, but to answer your question directly -

Could anyone help me with putting folder contents into a variable?

All you really need (which I assume you have) is the folder you want the list of files from. The code is a couple of lines -

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// the folder you want to get the files from, in this case, I set the defaultFolder...
	set the defaultFolder to "The folder you want the files from"
	put the files into tmpList
// if you want *all* the files, hidden or no, omit the next line...
	filter tmpList without ".*"
// use your variable, in this case I used answer...
	answer tmpList

This is the result -

Files from a folder in a variable...

The new parameters Richard mentions make it a little shorter, maybe -

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answer folder "open"
put files(it) into tmpList
filter tmpList without ".*"
answer tmpList

The new way...