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meindel12
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October 14, 2012
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Is it possible to access a word by it's index via GREP?

  • October 14, 2012
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I am trying to write a script that underlines a specific word in a document: e.g. "and".

For that there are many "and"s in my text, I am looking for a way to access the "and" I want to underline (word number 12) by it's index via GREP.

Any indeas?

Thanks

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Correct answer Trevor:

Hi Meindel

This is what you are looking for 

var doc = app.documents[0], myAnds;
app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = null;
app.changeGrepPreferences = app.findGrepPreferences = null;
app.findChangeTextOptions.caseSensitive = 0;
app.findChangeTextOptions.wholeWord = 1;
app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = "and";
myAnds = doc.findText ();
myAnds[11].fillColor = "C=15 M=100 Y=100 K=0"; // To make the 12th and red

I used text instead of Greps but you could use the grep findWhat "\\<[Aa]nd\\>" which is more accurate.

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Trevor:
Trevor:
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October 14, 2012

Do you mean you want to underline the 12th "and" in the document?

Doesn't sound like it.  Please clarify what you want.

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meindel12Author
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October 14, 2012

Thanks for your reply.

Thats exactly what I want to do: is it possible to target / mark only word number 12 using GREP?

Edit: If it is not possible to search via a index (12th word), perhaps the way to go would be to somehow include the word that follows the "and" I want into the seach: but without marking it?

Trevor:
Trevor:Correct answer
Legend
October 14, 2012

Hi Meindel

This is what you are looking for 

var doc = app.documents[0], myAnds;
app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = null;
app.changeGrepPreferences = app.findGrepPreferences = null;
app.findChangeTextOptions.caseSensitive = 0;
app.findChangeTextOptions.wholeWord = 1;
app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = "and";
myAnds = doc.findText ();
myAnds[11].fillColor = "C=15 M=100 Y=100 K=0"; // To make the 12th and red

I used text instead of Greps but you could use the grep findWhat "\\<[Aa]nd\\>" which is more accurate.

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