delay in applescript not delaying in loop

Question

I have the following applescript and for some reason it doesn't delay the amount of time specified. The way I understand it , it should delay 10 seconds between each display , but I get dialog after dialog without any delay

I've tried several different variants of this but it all ends up the same

set models to {"tom", "dick", "harry", "mark", "ringo", "john"}
set users to {"359597388", "338954297", "339380024", "1254012084", "265934082", "105804369"}
repeat
    repeat with model in models
        repeat with user in users
            delay (6000)
            display dialog "Sending user:" & user & "With model:" & model & "."

        end repeat

    end repeat
end repeat

The delay command takes an integer (in seconds) as its argument. You're telling the program to wait 6000 seconds, but it isn't working presumably because the program is timing out on you. — fireshadow52
– fireshadow52, Commented Nov 30, 2012 at 16:18

adayzdone · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-29 19:58:21Z

1

Try:

set models to {"tom", "dick", "harry", "mark", "ringo", "john"}
set users to {"359597388", "338954297", "339380024", "1254012084", "265934082", "105804369"}
repeat
    repeat with model in models
        repeat with user in users
            delay 10
            display dialog "Sending user:" & user & " With model: " & model & "."
        end repeat

    end repeat
end repeat

answered Nov 29, 2012 at 19:58

adayzdone

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