Name

result

Syntax

Set lastExpr to result

Description

result is a handy predefined variable that contains the value of the last statement evaluated in a script. You can set variables to result as in:

set finalVar to result

or use the following code to display the result:

display dialog result

If there is not a valid result from an expression, as in the top of the next example, then trying to get the value of result will raise an error. The bottom tell block in the following code stores the value of the last expression (i.e., 2 * 2) in the result predefined variable:

tell application "Finder"
   activate -- this Apple event doesn't return a value to AppleScript
   get result -- this statement raises an error
end tell
tell application "Finder"
   2 * 2
   get result -- returns 4
end tell