Moving from Microsoft Office VBA to AppleScript:
MacTech's Guide to Making the Transition

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April, 2007
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    tell (get find object of textObject)

        set forward to true

        set wrap to find continue

        set format to false

        set match all word forms to false

        set match case to false

        set match sounds like to false

        set match whole word to false

        set match wildcards to false

        clear formatting

        clear all fuzzy options

        clear formatting (its replacement)

    end tell

end tell

If you're familiar with Word's Find Object you will recognize the standard method for setting options within a

With ActiveDocument.Range.Find
  
End With

block. But in AppleScript, you can go a step further in condensing the script if you wish, by putting all properties of the find object that need to be set into an AppleScript list (more on lists soon):

    tell (get find object of textObject)

        set {forward, wrap, format, match all word forms, ¬

           match case, match sounds like, match whole word, ¬

           match wildcards} to {true, find continue, false, false, ¬

           false, false, false, false}

        clear formatting

        clear all fuzzy options

        clear formatting (its replacement)

    end tell

Note that setting multiple properties via a list only works in a tell block, not using of. On the other hand, you can get multiple properties in a list using of:

get {forward, wrap, format, match all word forms, match case, ¬

        match sounds like, match whole word, match wildcards} ¬

        of find object of text object of active document

For…Next, For Each…Next and Do While/Until…Loop : repeat…end repeat

Equivalent to VBA's For…Next, For Each…Next and Do While/Until…Loop loops are AppleScript's repeat…end repeat blocks, of which there are five types, as the AppleScript books will explain in detail. You will be tempted to use

repeat with eachItem in aList