Building job folders that use a specific naming convention

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#1

I’m writing a script to build job folders that use a specific naming convention:
I need a little help on using certain characters in a user response to name my folders.

ie. user gives job number of 2XXX_XXXX_XXXXX
this is the name of the first job folder, inside of this will be created 6 folders named for seperate types of files, and I need to use the last 5 numbers of the user response as a prefix to these folders
I’m sure this is an easy one, but I can’t seem to figure it out…any help please!

#2

Something like this might get you started. It should include routines to verify the data entered in the dialog by the user.

set destination_ to choose folder with prompt "Choose a destination for the job folder."
set dd to (display dialog "Enter a job number." default answer "2XXX_XXXX_12345")
set prefix_ to text -5 thru end of text returned of dd
set subfolder_names to {"gif", "jpeg", "txt", "pdf", "html", "ps"}

tell application "Finder"
	try
		set nf to make new folder at destination_ with properties {name:text returned of dd}
		repeat with name_ in subfolder_names
			make new folder at nf with properties {name:prefix_ & "_" & name_}
		end repeat
	on error e
		display dialog e
	end try
end tell

– Rob