AppleScript loop issue

Question

I'm a student currently learning AppleScript and I'm having difficulty looping a particular command, could someone help me out please? The code is as below, my aim is to loop only if the user enters an invalid value.

I appreciate any help given :)

Many thanks Andrew

    display dialog "Choose a number from 1-10" default answer "Only number less than 11" buttons {"Ok"} default button 1

try

    set theAnswer to (text returned of result) as number

on error

    display dialog "You didnt put in any numbers" buttons {"Ok"} default button 1
    return

end try
if theAnswer < 1 then
    set theTest to 0
else if theAnswer < 11 then
    set theTest to 1

else
    set theTest to 0
end if
if theTest = 0 then
    display dialog "Invalid Input" buttons {"Ok"} default button 1

else
    display dialog "You chose the number " & theAnswer buttons {"Ok"} default button 1
end if

adayzdone · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-22 14:19:17Z

1

Try:

repeat
    set theAnswer to text returned of (display dialog "Choose a number from 1-10" default answer "Only number less than 11" buttons {"Ok"} default button 1)
    try
        set theAnswer to theAnswer as number

        if theAnswer ≤ 10 and theAnswer ≥ 1 then
            display dialog "You chose the number " & theAnswer buttons {"Ok"} default button 1
            exit repeat
        else
            display dialog "Invalid Input" buttons {"Ok"} default button 1
        end if

    on error
        display dialog "You didnt put in any numbers" buttons {"Ok"} default button 1
    end try
end repeat

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answered Aug 22, 2013 at 14:19

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