square brackets

• used to enclose lists

  • new in 1.60
  • Examples:

    set colors to ["orange", "grey", "violet"]

    set scores to [] -- an empty list
  • Note: SenseTalk is very accommodating about the brackets used for collections, allowing any of ( ), [ ], or around both lists and property lists. However, it is strongly encouraged to always use for property lists, and [ ] for lists.

• square-bracket syntax for sending a function message to an object

  • although not generally well known, SenseTalk supports this syntax, similar to Objective-C
  • Examples:

    put [Tasks getTop]

• used around tokens in date/time format strings

  • new in 1.91
  • Examples:

    put formattedTime("[month name] [day], [year] [hr]:[mi]:[se]") --> October 15, 2021 10:57:04