How print grep search result and use it on another search

[sohrabs6818113]

Hi

I wanna find a pattern and then add something to that and search it again here my code

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "^PP[0-9]{6,6}?$";

    var skunumber=app.activeDocument.findGrep();

    var skupp= skunumber+"-pp"

app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;

app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = skupp;

var finds = doc.findText();

if (finds.length > 0) {

alert("Found " + finds.length + " items, the first of them is on page " + finds[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.name);

}

else {

alert("Nothing has been found");

}

    app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = finds[0].parentTextFrames[0].parentPage.name; 

    alert(app.activeDocument.changeGrep().length); 

    app.activeDocument.changeGrep(); 

app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;

but it doesn't find the    skupp ?

how can I user the grep find value in my code?

[sohrabs6818113 · Accepted solution]

here some the solution:

Since contents is a simple Javascript string (not native InDesign text anymore), you can use Javascript's own match function:

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "(\\d)+(\\d)";
found = app.activeDocument.findGrep();
m = found[0].contents.match (/(\d)+(\d)/);
alert (m.join('\n'));

[Laubender]

Since contents is a simple Javascript string (not native InDesign text anymore) …

Hi,

FWIW: The value of text.contents could also contain values like special characters expressed as enumerators.

Code and result:

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\X";
var found = app.activeDocument.findGrep();
for(var n=0;n<found.length;n++)
{
    $.writeln(n+"\t"+found.contents.constructor.name);
};
/*
0    Enumerator
1    Enumerator
2    String
*/

Simple text frame in the document:

Regards,
Uwe