Name

hyphens

Syntax

Ignoring hyphens
   "A hyphen" is equal to "A-hyphen"
end ignoring

Description

AppleScript considers hyphens in strings by default during string comparisons. You can change this behavior by enclosing the string-comparison statement in an ignoring hyphens...end ignoring statement block. This code shows that hyphens will not be considered when comparing strings in this manner:

ignoring hyphens
   set theTruth to ("burning-hot pavement" is equal to "burninghot ¬
   pavement") -- theTruth is true
end ignoring