Adobe photoshop cs 2.0 User Guide

 Scripting basics     25

3. Do either of the following:

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If Photoshop CS2 is already open, choose File > Scripts > Browse, and then navigate to the Presets 
> Scripts folder and choose your script. 

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Start or restart Photoshop CS2, and then choose File > Scripts, and then select your script from the 
Scripts menu.

The remainder of this chapter provides information about general scripting tips and techniques. 
Experienced AppleScript writers and VBScript and JavaScript programmers may want to skip to Chapter 3, 

 for specifics on scripting Photoshop CS2.

Operators perform operations on variables or values and return a result. In the following table, the 
examples use the following variables:

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thisNumber =10

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thisString = "Pride"

You can use a different type of operator to perform comparisons such as equal to, not equal to, greater 
than, or less than. These are called comparison operators. Consult a scripting language guide, such as the 
guides listed in this document’s 

, for information on comparison operators.

+

add

thisNumber

 + 2

12

-

subtract

thisNumber

 - 2

8

*

multiply

thisNumber

 * 2

20

/

divide

thisNumber

/2

5

=

assign

thisNumber

 = 10

10

+ (JS and 
VBS only)

concatenate

a

a.

Concatenation operations combine two strings. Note that a space has been added at the 
beginning of the string " and Prejudice"; without the space following the first enclosing quote, 
the result would be:

 

Prideand Prejudice

thisString

 + " and 

Prejudice"

Pride and Prejudice

& (AS and 
VBS only)

concatenate

b

b.

 See note a. 

thisString

 & " and 

Prejudice"

Pride and Prejudice