Is there a way to set a .txt file to different variables in AppleScript?

Hi David,

I am a bit confused here, why couldn't you simply use "item x of whatever" instead of named variables? Since those "names" do not convey what they are holding...

In any case, you could create those variables in your script like this:

set valueFile to ((path to desktop folder) as text) & "values.txt"
set myValues to read file valueFile using delimiter {return}
try
  set varName1 to item 1 of myValues
end try
try
  set varName2 to item 2 of myValues
end try
try
  set varName3 to item 3 of myValues
end try
try
  set varName4 to item 4 of myValues
end try
try
  set varName5 to item 5 of myValues
end try
...

You just need to put enough "try blocks" to deal with whatever text file you wish to pass to the script. (btw those try block can easily be created with a script if there's too many of them to create.)

But, I would rather use the more simple way of just addressing the "values" by their item number :

set valueFile to ((path to desktop folder) as text) & "values.txt"
-- Contents of values.txt:
-- 2019/01/28
-- Text Value1
-- 100
-- true
-- 2,5
set myValues to read file valueFile using delimiter {return}
set myVars to {}
repeat with i from 1 to count of myValues
  set end of myVars to my detectVarType(item i of myValues)
end repeat
set resultText to ""
repeat with i from 1 to count of myVars
  set myVar to item i of myVars
  set resultText to resultText & i & ": [" & class of myVar & "] -> " & myVar & return
end repeat
display dialog resultText
on detectVarType(aValue)
  if aValue is "true" then
  set aValue to true
  else if aValue is "false" then
  set aValue to false
  end if
  try
  set aValue to aValue as real
  if aValue mod 10 = 0 then
  set aValue to aValue as integer
  end if
  end try
  try
  set aValue to date aValue
  end try
  return aValue
end detectVarType

As a bonus, I added a handler that determine the type of variable you are attempting to read.

HTH

Michel