Setting a variable in AppleScript based on a list in a Numbers sheet - applescript

Question

AppleScript beginner here. Searching high and low hasn't led me to the answer yet.
I'm using AppleScript to help run youth wrestling tournaments. Each division (based on age) is broken down into weight classes. For example: Novice 80 or Cadet 105.
Once a certain group of kids is put into a certain division/weight class, those kids get added to a new sheet that contains their bracket (think March Madness bracket but a small number of kids wrestling instead of playing basketball).
I've figured out how to get a group into a new sheet where they populate the bracket, but when this new sheet is created, I don't know how to make AppleScript change the name of the sheet to the correct division/weight class. I'm sure it has something to do with creating variables based on a list of the divisions/weight classes (that I have), but I can't figure out how to do it. Here's the relevant portion of the code:
tell document 1
set active sheet to the last sheet
set thisSheet to make new sheet
set the name of thisSheet to "[Division variable – Weight class variable]"
tell thisSheet
delete every table
end tell
Any ideas on how to make AppleScript name the sheet like I want?

Answer 1

To give you a small example that you're able to visualize what you're going after, heres a small snippet. I think its self explanatory, iterate through a list of titles, then apply the names to the sheets.
set divisionNames to {"Novice", "Cadet"} -- How You Grab These Values Matters
set weightClasses to {"80", "105"} -- These Values Too
tell application "Numbers"
activate
set thisDocument to make new document
tell thisDocument
repeat with i from 1 to count of divisionNames
make new sheet with properties {name:item i of divisionNames & space & item i of weightClasses}
end repeat
end tell
end tell
Alternately, if you're pulling the values from a list as a whole then you could
set sheetTitles to {"Novice 80", "Cadet 105"}
tell application "Numbers"
activate
set thisDocument to make new document
tell thisDocument
repeat with division in sheetTitles
make new sheet with properties {name:division}
end repeat
end tell
end tell
EDIT: In the spirit of helping a low to no budget school/organization.. here's another example answering the second question issued in comments. Again without knowing the structure of your data its hard to give you an exact answer on your specific case. Additionally, here's a link to a site they may help further the advancement on your project. https://iworkautomation.com/numbers/index.html
(*
set sampleKids to {"John Doe", "Jane Doe", "Johnny Foe", "Janie Foe", "Tommy Joe", "Tammy Joe"}
set sampleDivisions to {"Novice-80", "Novice-85", "Cadet-105", "Cadet-110", "Novice-80", "Cadet-105"}
tell application "Numbers"
activate
set thisDoc to make new document with properties {name:"Wrestling Sample"}
tell thisDoc
set the name of sheet 1 to "Sign In Sheet"
tell active sheet
delete every table
set newTable to make new table with properties {row count:(count of sampleKids) + 1, column count:2, name:"Sign In Sheet"}
tell newTable
set value of cell 1 of column "A" to "Name"
set value of cell 1 of column "B" to "Division"
set x to 2
repeat with eachName in sampleKids
set value of cell x of column "A" to eachName
set x to (x + 1)
end repeat
set x to 2
repeat with eachDivision in sampleDivisions
set value of cell x of column "B" to eachDivision
set x to (x + 1)
end repeat
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
*)
--********** IGNORE ABOVE THIS LINE IT'S ONLY BUILDING A SAMPLE TABLE **********--
--********** SAVE ABOVE TO ANOTHER SCRIPT FOR TESTING WITH NEW TABLE **********--
(*
ERROR HANDLING ISN'T PRESENT - AN EMPTY CELL IN FIRST COLUMN OR CHOSEN COLUMN WILL THROW AN
ERROR SINCE THEY ARE THE IMPORTANT PIECES OF DATA FOR GRABBING LISTS - SAVE SCRIPT
TO NUMBERS SCRIPT FOLDER OF YOUR CHOICE - ENTER ALL INFO ON FIRST TABLE OF FIRST SHEET OF
DOCUMENT THEN RUN SCRIPT - SCRIPT ACCEPTS ANY AMOUNT OF ROWS OR COLUMNS
*)
tell application "Numbers"
activate
-- Display A Simple Reminder That You're About To Lose Some Existing Data
display dialog "This Script Will Delete All Sheets Except The First Sheet Of This Document Before It Proceeds To Make New Sheets & Tables Based On The First Table Of The First Sheet." buttons {"Cancel", "Start"} default button 2 with icon 1
tell document 1
-- Get A List of the Sheet Names
set sheetNames to name of sheets
-- Start With A Fresh Slate, No Old Sheets
delete (every sheet whose name is not item 1 of sheetNames)
tell sheet 1
-- Grab and Set Future Header Values
set columnHeaders to value of cell of row 1 in table 1
-- Display A List Of Possible Choices To Create New Sheets With From The List We Make Above
set chosenColumn to choose from list columnHeaders with prompt "Which Column Do You Want To Use For New Sheets?" default items item 1 of columnHeaders
set chosenColumn to chosenColumn as text
tell table 1
-- Remove All Empty Rows to Help Prevent Error In Script
set {row_count, col_count} to {count rows, count columns}
set blank_row to {}
repeat with x from 1 to col_count
set blank_row to blank_row & missing value
end repeat
set x to 1
-- Delete Empty Rows In Reverse, It's Logical
repeat with y from row_count to 1 by -1
set row_values to value of cells of row y
if row_values = blank_row then delete row y
end repeat
-- Grab A List of All Divisions for Future Use Depending on Choice From Prompt, excluding the First Row Which Is A Header. If You Selected The First Column, We Have to Handle That Differently
if chosenColumn is item 1 of columnHeaders then
set theDivisions to the value of every cell of column "A" whose value is not chosenColumn
else
set theDivisions to the value of every cell of column named chosenColumn whose value is not chosenColumn
end if
end tell
end tell
-- Start the New "Sheet Making" Loop
repeat with division in theDivisions
-- Make An Empty Blank List At the Start of Every Loop
set matchingDivisions to {}
tell table 1 of sheet 1
-- Get All Rows Matching the Current Division of the Loop We Are On, to Make New Tables With Later
repeat with x from 1 to count of cells
if the value of cell x is division then
-- Put All Data About the Rows We Gathered Above Into the Empty List We Made
set the end of matchingDivisions to value of cells of row of cell x
end if
end repeat
-- Reset x, Because I'm Not Creative and Want to Use It Later
set x to 1
end tell
-- If The Sheet Of the Division We Are On, of the Loop, Doesn't Exist, Make It
if not (exists sheet division) then
make new sheet with properties {name:division}
tell sheet division
-- Start With A Fresh Slate On This New Sheet
delete every table
-- Make the Table With All Relevant Parameters
set currentDivisionTable to make new table with properties ¬
{row count:((count of matchingDivisions) + 1), column count:count of item 1 of matchingDivisions, name:division}
tell currentDivisionTable
set x to 1
-- Set The Header Values from A List We Created Earlier
repeat with theHeader in columnHeaders
set the value of cell x to theHeader
set x to (x + 1)
end repeat
-- Reset x Again, I'm Lazy
set x to 1
-- Set Starting Point to Start Filling The Table, Compensate For Our Headers
set rowIndex to 1
set columnIndex to 0
-- Start Filling The Table With Data, Which Comes From The List Earlier
repeat with x from 1 to count of the matchingDivisions
set rowData to item x of the matchingDivisions
tell row (rowIndex + x)
repeat with i from 1 to the count of rowData
tell cell (columnIndex + i)
set value to item i of rowData
end tell
end repeat
end tell
end repeat
end tell
end tell
end if
end repeat
-- Return To the First Sheet
set the active sheet to the first sheet
-- Display Notification That The Tables Are Done Being Made -- OPTIONAL
display notification "Processing is complete." with title "Numbers Table Converter" subtitle "All Tables Have Been Made." sound name "Hero"
end tell
end tell

Answer 2

Try
set thisSheet to make new sheet with properties {name:"yourname"}
Edit
Some explanation: if your struggling on how to adress third party apps try to load it's library and look up the methods you need. In applescript editor you will find it in the (I guess) menu. Then select the desired app to get the library

Answer 3

The full code modify at below:
set {begCol, endCol} to {2, 17}
set tgtCol to 1
tell application "Numbers"
tell front sheet of front document
tell active sheet
set getVal to rows's cells's value
set myOriginalTable to front table
set itemCode to {"CardNo", "SAL-DAY", "OT15-Money",
"OT2-Money", "OT3-Money", "OTHINC", "P0007", "DILIG", "P0004", "P0003",
"SEV_SPE", "P0011", "SI-SSF", "TI-TAXITEM", "P0022", "P0021", "P0025"} --
change to variable
set Amount to {"CardNo", "SAL-DAY", "OT15-Money",
"OT2-Money", "OT3-Money", "OTHINC", "P0007", "DILIG", "P0004", "P0003",
"SEV_SPE", "P0011", "SI-SSF", "TI-TAXITEM", "P0022", "P0021", "P0025"} --
change to variable
set setCols to 8
end tell
set myNewTable to make new table with properties ¬
{column count:setCols, row count:(count of itemCode) + 1,
header column count:0}
tell myNewTable
set value of cell 1 of column "A" to "cardNo"
set value of cell 1 of column "B" to "emCode"
set value of cell 1 of column "C" to "emName"
set value of cell 1 of column "D" to "itemCode"
set value of cell 1 of column "E" to "itemName"
set value of cell 1 of column "F" to "effDate"
set value of cell 1 of column "G" to "amt"
set value of cell 1 of column "H" to "remark"
set x to 2
repeat with eachAmount in Amount
set value of cell x of column "G" to eachAmount
set x to (x + 1)
end repeat
set x to 2
repeat with eachItemCode in itemCode
set value of cell x of column "D" to eachItemCode
set x to (x + 1)
end repeat
end tell
end tell
end tell
Thank you

Answer 4

According source code above. I found other way for use range select for determine data. But it still incorrect because the code pickup all data to one cell like this.
result after ran script
Could some one able to suggest me?
try
tell application "Numbers" to tell front document to tell active sheet
set delimiter to ","
set selected_table to first table whose class of selection range is range
tell selected_table
set my_selection to the selection range
set begCol to address of first column of my_selection
set endCol to address of last column of my_selection
set begRow to address of first row of my_selection
set endRow to address of last row of my_selection
set getVal to ""
repeat with j from begRow to endRow
repeat with i from begCol to endCol
set getVal to (getVal & (value of cell j of column i of selected_table) as text) & delimiter
set getVal to getVal & return
end repeat
end repeat
end tell
end tell
set AmountVal to {getVal}
tell application "Numbers"
activate
tell front sheet of front document
set myOriginalTable to front table
set setCols to 8
set myNewTable to make new table with properties ¬
{row count:(count of AmountVal) + 1, column count:setCols, header column count:0}
tell myNewTable
set value of cell 1 of column "A" to "cardNo"
set value of cell 1 of column "B" to "emCode"
set value of cell 1 of column "C" to "emName"
set value of cell 1 of column "D" to "itemCode"
set value of cell 1 of column "E" to "itemName"
set value of cell 1 of column "F" to "effDate"
set value of cell 1 of column "G" to "amt"
set value of cell 1 of column "H" to "remark"
set x to 2
repeat with eachAmount in AmountVal
set value of cell x of column "G" to eachAmount
set x to (x + 1)
end repeat
end tell
end tell
end tell
display notification "Already Done!" with title "Numbers"
on error
display dialog "Select a range first and then try again"
end try