Repeat loops

Within a repeat loop, I get creation dates of sequential files. I can get the creation date of the first file but then when it repeats it wont get the creation date of the next file. When i run it again i can get the creation date of the first two, but not the third. The next time i run it i can get the creation date of the first three but not the fourth, and so on.
Does anyone know why this is happening and what can i do to get the creation dates the first time?
Thank you

Hello John,
The part where I am having a problem is here.
I perform some script that allows me to find these files and which files i need to use and then there is this..
count folder folderList
set folderCount to result
set x to 0
repeat until x = folderCount
set x to x + 1
set filePath to folderList & ":" & x & ".jpg"
get creation date of file filePath
set creationDate to result
get date string of creationDate
set dateString to result
get time string of creationDate
set timeString to result
theres a lot more between this and the end of the repeat.
It won't allow me to get the creation date out of the file filePath. so there for I cannot perform the rest of this. I thought it was a problem with the computer because what I have should run. It does not run the first time, it says that the creation date is missing value in the event log. Then I run it again and it gets the first files date, but not the second. then the next time it gets the first two and not the third and so on..
thanks for all the help,
David

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set teachingslot to {"A ", "B ", "C ", "D ", "E ", "F ", "G ", "H "}
set cvalue to {0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
set tid to ""
repeat with i from 2 to counter
copy item i of wholedata to cvalue
copy item 3 of cvalue to tid
repeat with i from 1 to 6
if item 5 of cvalue = item i of deptname then
if item 3 of cvalue = tid then
tell application "Microsoft Excel"
activate
open item i of deptnamefile as alias
activate object worksheet 1
set nextfile to item i of deptnamefile
end tell
copy item 2 of cvalue to slotvalue
repeat with i from 1 to 8
if slotvalue = item i of teachingslot then
if tid = item 3 of cvalue then
set cellid to item i of columnchoices & "3"
set formula of cell cellid to item i of teachingslot
set formula of cell "J1" to item 3 of cvalue
save
else
activate object worksheet 2
set cellid to item i of columnchoices & "3"
set formula of cell cellid to item i of teachingslot
set formula of cell "J1" to item 3 of cvalue
save
end if
end if
end repeat
tell application "Microsoft Excel"
close workbook 1 saving yes
end tell
end if
end if
end repeat
end repeat
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set lastrow to {}
set courseID to {}
end tell </pre>

ok...thanks to the last 2 posters for the help. I think this is moving me in the right direction, but have a few questions/points:
You're welcome Dan! Let me see if I can help some more...
when I use ...repeat with aList in theList is "aList" a variable that I have to define or does it pull off the a list at a time from a list of lists (that's what I'd like it to do).
aList is a variable that contains a list. It is what you're wanting it to be.
Not sure I understand the command... log "made new spreadsheet " & lastThirdItem what is this log command? (guess I'll look into this, although it isn't in my Applescript book (Applescript 1-2-3))
The log command is useful to "log" information in your script as it goes along. It's primary use is for debugging a script. If you click on "Events" (located at the bottom of the ScriptEditor window, just to the left of "Replies" and "Result"), you can watch for useful information about the progress of your script as it executes. The log command can be safely omitted.
Point of clarification: my list that includes {"20501", "B", "T1441", "201", "Humanities"} is large... 280 rows of data, and it changes from year to year. Since it is in Excel I can sort it and group the data based on the 3rd item ("T1441"), but the number of times this variable shows up...varies and thus I guess I'm looking for a way to load the data into a list and then have Applescript work through it parsing the data that has the same 3rd item into one worksheet, and then the next group of data that has the same 3rd item into another worksheet and so on, with the 4th item controlling the workbook it is going to. I think I might just start from scratch after looking into these alist and log commands.
If I'm understanding you correctly, the following script example should get you started in the right direction to achieve what you are looking to do...
<pre style="width:630px;height:auto;overflow-x:auto;overflow-y:hidden;"
title="Copy this code and paste it into your Script Editor application.">set theLists to {{"20501", "B", "T1441", "201", "Humanities"}, {"10601", "A", "T1561", "102", "English"}, {"20502", "D", "T1441", "201", "Humanities"}, {"20503", "F", "T1441", "201", "Humanities"}, {"36251", "E", "T1661", "103", "History"}, {"20504", "H", "T1441", "201", "Humanities"}, {"10101", "J", "T1661", "103", "History"}}
set thirdItemList to {}
repeat with aList in theLists
set thisThirdItem to item 3 of aList
if thisThirdItem is not in thirdItemList then copy thisThirdItem to end of thirdItemList
end repeat
repeat with thisThirdItem in thirdItemList
set thisItem to thisThirdItem as string
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log "made new spreadsheet " & thisThirdItem
repeat with aList in theLists
if (item 3 of aList) as string is thisItem then
--do stuff to spreadsheet
log "adding info to spread sheet " & thisThirdItem
end if
end repeat
end repeat</pre>
The above script finds each different third item and makes a list of those. It then creates and appends information to one spreadsheet at a time until all third items have been accounted for. Harder to explain than to show someone in person! Run the above script in the ScriptEditor application and watch the "Events" log.
thanks,
dan
Again, you are welcome. I wish you luck my friend! Hope this helps some more...

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