Illustrator script that will select multiple objects with different names?

[LuxMarie4310]

I've got this script to select only objects with the name "holes 1."

function selectPageItemsByName(items, name) {

    for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {

        var item = items[i];

        if (item.name === name) {

            item.selected = true;

        }

    }

}

function main() {

    var document = app.activeDocument;

    var name = 'holes 1';

    document.selection = null;

    selectPageItemsByName(document.pageItems, name);

}

main();

 How do I get it to select objects with the name "holes 1" AND objects with the name "backs 1"?

[m1b]

Hi @LuxMarie4310, you could use a regex (grep) for the name variable:

function selectPageItemsByName(items, name) {

    for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {

        var item = items[i];

        if (name.test(item.name)) {

            item.selected = true;

        }

    }

}

function main() {

    var document = app.activeDocument;

    var name = /^(holes 1|backs 1)$/;

    document.selection = null;

    selectPageItemsByName(document.pageItems, name);

}

main();

[m1b]

Or you could use an array of names, and loop through those inside your item loop:

function selectPageItemsByNames(items, names) {

    for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {

        var item = items[i];

        for (var j = 0; j < names.length; j++) {

            if (item.name === names[j]) {

                item.selected = true;

            }

        }

    }

}

function main() {

    var document = app.activeDocument;

    var names = ['holes 1', 'backs 1'];

    document.selection = null;

    selectPageItemsByNames(document.pageItems, names);

}

main();

[femkeblanco]

One way.

function selectPageItemsByName(items, name1, name2) {
    for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
        var item = items[i];
        if (item.name === name1 || item.name === name2) {
            item.selected = true;
        }
    }
}

function main() {
    var document = app.activeDocument;
    var name1 = 'holes 1', name2 = 'backs 1';
    document.selection = null;
    selectPageItemsByName(document.pageItems, name1, name2);
}
main();

[femkeblanco]

Or, using the arguments object:

function selectPageItemsByNames(items) {
    for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
        var item = items[i];
        for (var j = 1; j < arguments.length; j++) {
            if (item.name === arguments[j]) {
                item.selected = true;
            }
        }
    }
}
function main() {
    var document = app.activeDocument;
    document.selection = null;
    selectPageItemsByNames(document.pageItems, 'holes 1', 'backs 1');
}
main();