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--script to remove certain characters/strings from an address

set toBeRemoved to {"

"}

tell application "Address Book"

set my_selections to selection

repeat with my_selection in my_selections

repeat with i from 1 to count of every address of my_selection

repeat with current_replace_string in toBeRemoved

set current_replace_string to current_replace_string as text

set street of address i of my_selection to my replace_chars((street of address i of my_selection), current_replace_string, "")

set city of address i of my_selection to my replace_chars((city of address i of my_selection), current_replace_string, "")

set zip of address i of my_selection to my replace_chars((zip of address i of my_selection), current_replace_string, "")

set country of address i of my_selection to my replace_chars((country of address i of my_selection), current_replace_string, "")

set state of address i of my_selection to my replace_chars((state of address i of my_selection), current_replace_string, "")

end repeat

end repeat

end repeat

save

end tell

to replace_chars(this_text, search_string, replacement_string)

if this_text contains the search_string then

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the search_string

set the item_list to every text item of this_text

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string

set this_text to the item_list as string

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""

end if

return this_text

end replace_chars