Applescript: Get filenames in folder without extension

Question

I can get the names of all files in a folder by doing this:

tell application \"Finder\"
    set myFiles to name of every file of somePath
end tell
         


        

Answer 1

For a single file I found the answer here, copied below.

set theFileName to "test.jpg"
set thePrefix to text 1 thru ((offset of "." in theFileName) - 1) of theFileName