Loop and Delete Artboards

[jeremy0013]

Need some help.  Trying to loop through artboards and delete if not a specific name.  When trying to remove it gives me an illegal argument.  I must be missing something.  Help would be appreciated.

var idoc = app.activeDocument; 

var artbs = idoc.artboards;

var artbcount = artbs.length;

var artbsNames = [];

for (var i=0; i< artbcount; i++) {  

    artbsNames = artbs.name;

     var artboardSelected = idoc.artboards;

     artboardSelected = artbsNames;

    if (artboardSelected == ["Special Artboard"]) {

      alert("This is not Special");

      }

    else {

        artbs.remove();

        }

} 

[Silly-V]

it should be artbs

* and I would go through anything you remove, backwards for safety.

[jeremy0013]

Thanks V.  Still having issue though.  It only deletes 2 of the 3 that are named special.  Revised code.

var idoc = app.activeDocument;

var artbs = idoc.artboards;

var artbsNames = [];

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

    artbsNames = artbs.name;

    if (artbsNames == ["Special Artboard"] ) {

      artbs.remove();

      }

}

[pixxxelschubser · Accepted solution]

Hi jeremy0013​

Why so complicated? Like Silly-V​ said: if you want to remove an item of your loop you have loop backwards always.

And a simple if clause should be enough:

var idoc = app.activeDocument;
var artbs = idoc.artboards;
for (var i = artbs.length-1 ; i >= 0; i--) {
    if (artbs.name != "Special Artboard") {
        artbs.remove();
    }
}

Does this works for you?

Have fun

[jeremy0013]

I get what V ment now about moving backwards.  Still learning.  I know the first code was way complicated, this one works perfect.  Thanks Guys.