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Adding GREP search to FindChangeByList script in CS4

Apr 12, 2012 7:34 PM

Tags: #cs4 #scripting #grep #indesign_cs4

I'm trying to remove numbers from a baseball box score pulled from the Internet.

The file has 10 numbers across separated by tabs and I only need six of the numbers not all 10

 

St. Lucie Mets

Player,Pos         AB     R     H     2B     3B     HR     RBI     BB     SO     AVG

Daniel Muno, 2B    4     1     1     0     0     1     1     0     2     .259

Robbie Shields, DH     4     0     2     1     0     0     0     0     1     .471

 

This GREP search works in FindChange in InCopy/InDesign (using CS4)

(\t\d) (\t\d) (\t\d) (\t\d) (\t\d) (\t\d) (\t\d) (\t\d) (\t\d)

 

This works in the Change field

$1 $2 $3 $7 $8 $9

 

 

However, when I try to add this to a FindChangeByList script, it generates an error. So my syntax, logic or both is flawed.

What should I do to fix it?

 

grep    {findWhat:"(\t\d) (\t\d) (\t\d) (\t\d) (\t\d) (\t\d) (\t\d) (\t\d) (\t\d)"}    {changeTo:"$1 $2 $3 $7 $8 $9"}    {includeFootnotes:true, includeMasterPages:true, includeHiddenLayers:true, wholeWord:false} Find all double spaces and replace with single spaces.

 

Thank you,

Keith

329 Views   2 Replies   Latest reply: Klindse704, Apr 13, 2012 3:44 PM
 
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  • [Jongware]
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    1. [Jongware],
    Apr 13, 2012 1:36 AM   in reply to Klindse704
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    Try again with all your single backslashes changed to double backslashes.

     

    .. I just checked the sample file; apparently, the only commands in there with backslashes are the ones that happen to not require them double. A Bad Example.

     
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    2. Klindse704,
    Apr 13, 2012 3:44 PM   in reply to [Jongware]
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    Hi Jongware,

    Thank you for the reply.

    I tried the double slashes and get an Error 25. So something I'm doing in the Search/Replace portion isn't working.

     

    However, I did have success with changing a style by using a GREP search. The line below works with the double slashes, just not the Find/Change lines:

     

    grep{findWhat:"\\t\\d\\t\\d\\t\\d\\t\\d\\t\\d\\t\\d\\t\\d\\t\\d\\t\\d"}{appliedParagraphStyle:"Z BB Box Exp Batting 07T"}{includeFootnotes:true, wholeWord:false, caseSensitive:false}

    //Changes style

     
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