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.
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Scripting 1. Your first scripts (how to create, how to run, how to save)
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Scripting 2. How to script settings windows (numeric, boolean, multiple-choice, text, file)
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Scripting 3. Simple language elements
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Scripting 3.1. Hello world (writeInfoLine, appendInfoLine)
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Scripting 3.2. Numeric variables (assignments)
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Scripting 3.3. Numeric queries
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Scripting 3.4. String variables (assignments)
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Scripting 3.5. String queries
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Scripting 3.6. "For" loops (for, endfor)
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Scripting 3.7. Layout (white space, comments, continuation lines)
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Scripting 4. Object selection
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Scripting 4.1. Selecting objects
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Scripting 4.2. Removing objects
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Scripting 4.3. Querying objects
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Scripting 5. Language elements reference
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Scripting 5.1. Variables (numeric, string)
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Scripting 5.2. Expressions (numeric, string)
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Scripting 5.3. Jumps (if, then, elsif, else, endif)
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Scripting 5.4. Loops (for/endfor, while/endwhile, repeat/until)
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Scripting 5.5. Procedures (@, procedure)
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Scripting 5.6. Arrays and dictionaries
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Scripting 5.7. Vectors and matrices
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Scripting 5.8. Including other scripts
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Scripting 5.9. Quitting (exitScript)
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Scripting 6. Communication outside the script
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Scripting 6.1. Arguments to the script (form/endform, runScript)
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Scripting 6.2. Writing to the Info window (writeInfoLine, appendInfoLine, appendInfo, tab$)
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Scripting 6.3. Query commands (Get, Count)
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Scripting 6.4. Files (fileReadable, readFile, writeFile, deleteFile, createFolder)
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Scripting 6.5. Calling system commands (runSystem, environment$, stopwatch)
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Scripting 6.6. Controlling the user (pause, beginPause/endPause, chooseReadFile$)
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Scripting 6.7. Sending a message to another program (sendsocket)
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Scripting 6.8. Messages to the user (exitScript, assert, nowarn, nocheck)
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Scripting 6.9. Calling from the command line
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Scripting 7. Scripting the editors
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Scripting 7.1. Scripting an editor from a shell script (editor/endeditor)
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Scripting 7.2. Scripting an editor from within
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Scripting 8. Controlling Praat from another program
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Scripting 8.1. The sendpraat subroutine
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Scripting 8.2. The sendpraat program
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Scripting 9.1. Turning a script into a stand-alone program
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Scripting 9.2. Old functions
Also see the scripting examples.
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