Pass hammerspoon variable into AppleScript and variable from inside AppleScript out to Hammerspoon

[Jonathan Zwi]

I would like to pass variables from Hammerspoon into AppleScript and vice versa.  Here is the general idea of what I am trying to do:

--Within Hammerspoon do loop: Choose a random number between 1–26

----- Within AppleScript: Create variable string called alphabet

----- Within AppleScript: Say the item number corresponding to randNum

----- Within AppleScript: Create new variable randLetter corresponding to randNum

--Out of AppleScript, but still within Hammerspoon do function: alert.show(i..randNum..randLetter)

Here is my idea, despite knowing that neither ApplecScript nor Hamemrspoon are accepting variables from each other:

---- [[ Pass hammerspoon variable into AppleScript and variable from inside AppleScript out to Hammerspoon]] ----

hs.hotkey.bind ({"ctrl"}, "1", function()

    iteration = 0

        for i = 1, 2/1, 1

        

        do

            iteration = i

randNum = hs.math.randomFromRange(1, 26)

                    

            hs.osascript.applescript([[

set alphabet to "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

                say item {randNum} of alphabet -- HERE I WANT TO USE THE VARIABLE randNum WHICH WAS DEFINED OUTSIDE OF APPLECSCRIPT

set randLetter to item {randNum} of alphabet -- AGAIN MAKE USE OF randNum

            ]])

            hs.alert.show(i .. ":  " .. randNum .. ":  " randLetter) -- HERE I WANT TO USE THE VARIABLE randLetter, WHICH WAS DEFINED IN THE APPLESCRIPT

        end

    end

)

Thanks for any advice