If you click the Get mean... command for a Pitch object, the Info window will contain a text like “150 Hz” as a result. In a script, you would rather have this result in a variable instead of in the Info window. The solution is simple:

The numeric variable mean now contains the number 150. When assigning to a numeric variable, the interpreter converts the part of the text before the first space into a number.

You can also assign to string variables:

The string variable mean$ now contains the entire string “150 Hz”.

This works for every command that would otherwise write into the Info window.

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• Query submenu
• Scripting
• Scripting 5.2. Expressions
• Scripting 6. Communication outside the script