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lucc9908231
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February 1, 2022
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Create list of character Styles

  • February 1, 2022
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Hello,

 

I want to create a script that creates a whole series of character Styles but I get stuck on line 11 " myStyles.forEach((styleName => {"
can someone help me

thank you

 

var new_Style = app.documents[0].characterStyles.add()
 
	const myStyles = [
		'Bold',
		'Italic',
		'A',
		'B',
		'C',
	];
	
	myStyles.forEach((styleName => {
		new_Style.name =(styleName)
	});

 

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Correct answer Laubender

Are you writing this script in ExtendScript?

There is no native function forEach() in ExtendScript.

 

Why don't you simply loop the array with the names?

 

var namesArray = [ "Bold", "Italic", "A", "B", "C" ];

for( var n=0; n<namesArray.length; n++ )
{
	app.documents[0].characterStyles.add
	(
		{
			name : namesArray[n]
		}
	)
};

 

You could also add more property-value pairs in the object that is the argument of the add() function.

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

2 replies

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Manan Joshi
Community Expert
February 1, 2022

Hi @lucc9908231,

Extendscript is based on ECMAScript 3 so modern features like for each, arrow functions etc are not available. You need to use simple constructs like traditional for loop as @Laubender mentioned.

-Manan

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    lucc9908231Author
    Inspiring
    February 1, 2022

    Thanks for the info Manan

    rob day
    rob day
    Community Expert
    February 1, 2022

    There’s also for in:

     

    var namesArray = [ "Bold", "Italic", "A", "B", "C" ];

for (x in namesArray) {
    app.documents[0].characterStyles.add({name:namesArray[x]})
}

     

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      LaubenderCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      February 1, 2022

      Are you writing this script in ExtendScript?

      There is no native function forEach() in ExtendScript.

       

      Why don't you simply loop the array with the names?

       

      var namesArray = [ "Bold", "Italic", "A", "B", "C" ];

for( var n=0; n<namesArray.length; n++ )
{
	app.documents[0].characterStyles.add
	(
		{
			name : namesArray[n]
		}
	)
};

       

      You could also add more property-value pairs in the object that is the argument of the add() function.

       

      Regards,
      Uwe Laubender

      ( ACP )

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        lucc9908231Author
        Inspiring
        February 1, 2022

        Thanks Laubender

         

        this works well
        I work in visual studio code

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