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change filename using GREP

Jul 5, 2012 12:36 PM

Hello,

I'm trying to get these lines of code to change the filename when saving;

from: zAlcatraz

to: HAlcatraz

if(myDocName.indexOf("z")!=-1){

var myRegularExpression = /\\<z/gi

myDocName = myDocName.replace(myRegularExpression, "H");

}

I'm trying to target just the first z at the front of every filename but can't get the grep correct.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance,

GR

791 Views 4 Replies Latest reply: greenrookie, Jul 6, 2012 1:43 AM

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1. Velprakash,

Jul 5, 2012 9:23 PM in reply to greenrookie

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Hi,
Use the below codes...

myDocument = app.activeDocument;
path = myDocument.fullName;
var x = path.toString().replace("z", "H");
myDocument.save(File(x));

Hope this will help you...

Thanks and Regards,
Vel.

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2. greenrookie,

Jul 5, 2012 9:54 PM in reply to Velprakash

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Thank you very much Velprakash!

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3. [Jongware],

Jul 6, 2012 1:25 AM in reply to greenrookie

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Vel's code will replace all instances of lowercase 'z' with uppercase 'H' -- even the ones in the file path.

Better try this:

myDocName = app.activeDocument.fullName.path+'/'+app.activeDocument.fullName.name .replace(/^z/i, "H");

(The GREP code you were probably looking for is '^' -- start of 'line', in this case equal to the start of the string.)

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4. greenrookie,

Jul 6, 2012 1:43 AM in reply to [Jongware]

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Thank you Guru Jongware — yes it was the ^ character I was looking for after all!

All best to both of you : )

GR

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