macOS Applescript run java with arguments

[jimmyfoveo]

Yesterday I was messing around with a little applescript. I tried running a java file using applescript and got that to successfully work. I then tried passing in a parameter using an applescript variable I couldn't get it to work. The code is below


Applescript

property HelloVar : "Hello"
do shell script "cd /Users/skylarwatson/desktop; java HelloWorld" HelloVar

Java

public class HelloWorld { 
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		for(int i = 0; i < args.length; ++i) {
			System.out.println(args[i]);
		}
	}
}

 

[Sayer]

You have to concatenate (combine) the path and the variable:

property HelloVar : "Hello"
do shell script ("cd /Users/skylarwatson/desktop; java HelloWorld " & HelloVar as string)