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csm_phil
csm_phil
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October 30, 2010
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How to check the words of next characters is Capital Leter or not its Urgent!

  • October 30, 2010
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Hi Developers,


I have one question and help.

This is my input text

W.1.7 Participate in shared research

Sesearch to Build and Present Knowledge

W.1.6 with guidance and support

Change to this:

W.1.6-with guidance and support

I mean W.1.6(enspace insert)with guidance and support. And check next word of characters is CAPS then insert enspace otherwise leave as it is.


this is mycode:


var mySel = app.selection[0];
myFirst = mySel.words[0];
//alert(mySel.words[1].characters[0].capitalization == Capitalization.ALL_CAPS);

if(mySel.words[1].characters[0].changecase == ChangecaseMode.UPPERCASE){
    mySel.words[1].insertionPoints[0].contents= SpecialCharacters.EN_SPACE;
    }


regards

CSM_PHIL

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2 replies

Jongware
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JongwareCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 30, 2010

if(mySel.words[1].characters[0].changecase == ChangecaseMode.UPPERCASE)

This piece of code does not make ANY sense at all. You cannot use 'changecase' here -- it's a function, not a property. Similar, you cannot 'compare' to ChangecaseMode.UPPERCASE -- that's no a value 'assigned' to some text.

You could check if the next character's toUpperCase is the same as what's already there:

if(mySel.words[1].characters[0].contents.toUpperCase() == mySel.words[1].characters[0].contents)

  ...

Note I'm referring to contents, because the toUpperCase function does not work on "InDesign text", but only on plain Javascript strings.

A
Anonymous
October 30, 2010

It would be simpler to do with a GREP-search, than with scripting.

It would be something like this (I have not tested it)

Find:

(\u\.\d+\.\d+) (\l)

Replace:

$1~>$2
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