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January 1, 2025
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How to write variables into filenames?

  • January 1, 2025
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I want the script to read the value on the filename as the actual setting for the script to run.
For example, I have a piece of code. It is used to change the table row height (denoted by bh). Continued table row height (denoted by ch).

For example the code for the bh section looks like this:

 

 

var bh="6.8mm";
for (var i = 0; i < myTable.rows.length - 1; i++) {
    myTable.rows[i].cells.everyItem().minimumHeight = bh;
}

 

My script file name looks like this:

Tab-auto.jsx
I'm hoping that just changing the file name will affect the settings.
Change it to something like this:
Tab-auto@5@6.8.jsx

 

5 means ch=5mm.
6.8 means bh=6.8mm.

 

how do I write the code.

Thank you very much.

 

 

Correct answer FRIdNGE
var myParts = myScriptName.split('@');

 

In case of your: 

 

Tab-000-auto@cont@5mm@6.8mm@1.06mm.jsx

 

'Tab-000-auto' will be myParts[0], 

'cont' will be myParts[1], 

'5mm' will be myParts[2], 

and so on. 

 


var myScriptName = app.activeScript.name;
var mytemp = myScriptName.replace(/^[^@]+@/,"").replace(/\.jsx$/,"").split('@');
var myMatch_1 = mytemp[0];
var myMatch_2 = mytemp[1];
var myMatch_3 = mytemp[2];
var myMatch_4 = mytemp[3];

alert( "WARNING:" + "\rmyMatch_1 = " + myMatch_1 + "\rmyMatch_2 = " + myMatch_2 + "\rmyMatch_3 = " + myMatch_3 + "\rmyMatch_4 = " + myMatch_4 )

 

(^/)

2 replies

FRIdNGE
FRIdNGE
January 1, 2025

Simplistically, something like this:

 

var myScriptName = app.activeScript.name;
var myRegex = /[\d.]+(?=@|\.jsx)/g;
var myMatch_1 = myScriptName.match(myRegex)[0];
var myMatch_2 = myScriptName.match(myRegex)[1];
alert( "WARNING:" + "\rmyMatch_1 = " + myMatch_1 + "\rmyMatch_2 = " + myMatch_2 )

// Place the Cursor Inside A Table:
var myTable = app.selection[0].parent.parent;

for (var i = 0; i < myTable.rows.length - 1; i++) {
    myTable.rows[i].cells.everyItem().minimumHeight = myMatch_1;
}
alert( "Done! ..." )

 

(^/)  The Jedi

    dublove
    dubloveAuthor
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    January 2, 2025

    Hi ~

    FRIdNGE   Robert at ID-Tasker

    Thank you very much.

    I don't understand the regularity of this.
    Suppose , my file name is something like this:

    Tab-000-auto@cont@5mm@6.8mm@1.06mm@.jsx
     
    Starting with cont, all but @ are values that will be used.
    Anything before cont can be defined arbitrarily
     

    What is my Regular Expression?

    Thanks!

    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-Tasker
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    January 2, 2025

    @dublove

     

    If the structure of the file name is constant - I would use split() - then you get array and can address elements. 

     

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