RosettaCodeData/Task/Four-is-magic/AppleScript/four-is-magic-1.applescript

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AppleScript

(* Uses a Foundation number formatter for brevity. *)
use AppleScript version "2.4" -- OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or later
use framework "Foundation"
on getNumberFormatter(localeID, numberStyle)
set formatter to current application's class "NSNumberFormatter"'s new()
tell formatter to setLocale:(current application's class "NSLocale"'s localeWithLocaleIdentifier:(localeID))
tell formatter to setNumberStyle:(numberStyle)
return formatter
end getNumberFormatter
on join(listOfText, delimiter)
set astid to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to delimiter
set txt to listOfText as text
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to astid
return txt
end join
on fourIsMagic(n)
set n to n as number
if (n is 4) then return "Four is magic."
set formatter to getNumberFormatter("en_US", current application's NSNumberFormatterSpellOutStyle)
set nName to (formatter's stringFromNumber:(n)) as text
if (nName begins with "minus") then
set nName to "Negative " & text from word 2 to -1 of nName
else -- Crude ID-based capitalisation. Good enough for English number names.
set nName to character id ((id of character 1 of nName) - 32) & text 2 thru -1 of nName
end if
set output to {}
repeat until (n is 4)
set n to (count nName)
set lenName to (formatter's stringFromNumber:(n)) as text
set end of output to nName & " is " & lenName
set nName to lenName
end repeat
set end of output to "four is magic."
return join(output, ", ")
end fourIsMagic
local tests, output, n
set tests to {-19, 0, 4, 25, 32, 111, 1.234565789E+9}
set output to {}
repeat with n in tests
set end of output to fourIsMagic(n)
end repeat
return join(output, linefeed)