Is there a cleaner way to do this?

Scripting Forums AppleScriptObjC and Xcode
#1

My application utilizes a bunch of user interface check boxes. I have each one bound to a property in my script:

property attributeOne : missing value
property attributeTwo : missing value
property attributeThree : missing value
property attributeFour : missing value
property attributeFive : missing value
property attributeSix : missing value
property attributeSeven : missing value
property attributeEight : missing value
etc...

There are a few places in the code where I need to check these checkbox values and do something on them:

        if (attributeOne's integerValue) then
            set nPc to nPc & attributeSd & (item 1 of attributeList) & attributeEd & ","
        end if
        if (attributeTwo's integerValue) then
            set nPc to nPc & attributeSd & (item 2 of attributeList) & attributeEd & ","
        end if
        if (attributeThree's integerValue) then
            set nPc to nPc & attributeSd & (item 3 of attributeList) & attributeEd & ","
        end if
        etc...

The computer scientist in me screams that the above code is unnecessarily repetitive. In another language I would just use an array or list and iterate over it.

Is there a way to iterate over properties in some sort of ordered container in Apple Script?

#2

What I do sometimes is to put all the UI objects into an array, and then iterate through them.

set myCheckboxes to {checkbox1, checkbox2, …}

repeat with aCheckbox in myCheckboxes
or
repeat with aNumber from 1 to (count of myCheckboxes)
…[repetative code]…
end repeat

but it depends if you can call the exact same code on each item, or plug the outcome at the end of another variable.