Scripting

Scripting

This is one of the tutorials of the Praat program. It assumes you are familiar with the Intro.

A script is a text that consists of menu commands and action commands. If you run the script (perhaps from a ScriptEditor), the commands are executed as if you clicked on them.

You can read this tutorial sequentially with the help of the "< 1" and "1 >" buttons.

Scripting 1. Your first scripts (how to create, how to run, how to save)

Scripting 2. How to script settings windows (numeric, boolean, multiple-choice, text, file)

Scripting 3. Simple language elements

Scripting 3.1. Hello world (writeInfoLine, appendInfoLine)

Scripting 3.2. Numeric variables (assignments)

Scripting 3.3. Numeric queries

Scripting 3.4. String variables (assignments)

Scripting 3.5. String queries

Scripting 3.6. "For" loops (for, endfor)

Scripting 3.7. Layout (white space, comments, continuation lines)

Scripting 4. Object selection

Scripting 4.1. Selecting objects

Scripting 4.2. Removing objects

Scripting 4.3. Querying objects

Scripting 5. Language elements reference

Scripting 5.1. Variables (numeric, string)

Scripting 5.2. Expressions (numeric, string)

Scripting 5.3. Jumps (if, then, elsif, else, endif)

Scripting 5.4. Loops (for/endfor, while/endwhile, repeat/until)

Scripting 5.5. Procedures (@, procedure)

Scripting 5.6. Arrays and dictionaries

Scripting 5.7. Vectors and matrices

Scripting 5.8. Including other scripts

Scripting 5.9. Quitting (exitScript)

Scripting 6. Communication outside the script

Scripting 6.1. Arguments to the script (form/endform, runScript)

Scripting 6.2. Writing to the Info window (writeInfoLine, appendInfoLine, appendInfo, tab$)

Scripting 6.3. Query commands (Get, Count)

Scripting 6.4. Files (fileReadable, readFile, writeFile, deleteFile, createDirectory)

Scripting 6.5. Calling system commands (runSystem, environment$, stopwatch)

Scripting 6.6. Controlling the user (pause, beginPause/endPause, chooseReadFile$)

Scripting 6.7. Sending a message to another program (sendsocket)

Scripting 6.8. Messages to the user (exitScript, assert, nowarn, nocheck)

Scripting 6.9. Calling from the command line

Scripting 7. Scripting the editors

Scripting 7.1. Scripting an editor from a shell script (editor/endeditor)

Scripting 7.2. Scripting an editor from within

Scripting 8. Controlling Praat from another program

Scripting 8.1. The sendpraat subroutine

Scripting 8.2. The sendpraat program

Scripting 8.3. The sendpraat directive

Scripting 9.1. Turning a script into a stand-alone program

Scripting 9.2. Old functions

Also see the scripting examples.

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