need a tweek to script

[@Js1212]

need to change a bit on this script, specifically how it renames the color...

currently it is just adding the suffix "_CMYK" to the color swatch but because the name currently is "COLOR_SPOT" it ends up becoming "COLOR_SPOT_CMYK".

How can i change it to remove "_SPOT" and then append the suffix "_CMYK"  so the new name will be  "COLOR_CMYK"

the existing color will always have "_SPOT" at the end of the swatch name
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//current script....

//@target illustrator

main();

function main() {

var suffix = '_CMYK';

var isRmvSpot = true; // true of false

var doc = app.activeDocument;

var len = doc.spots.length;

var isRgb = /rgb/i.test(doc.documentColorSpace);

for (var i = 0; i <= len - 1; i++) {

if (doc.spots[i].colorType === ColorModel.REGISTRATION) continue;

var spotName = doc.spots[i].name;

var spotValue = doc.spots[i].getInternalColor();

var sw = doc.swatches.add();

sw.name = spotName + suffix;

var newColor = setColor(spotValue, isRgb);

sw.color = newColor;

}

if (isRmvSpot && len > 0) doc.spots.removeAll();

}

function setColor(arr, isRgb) {

var color = isRgb ? new RGBColor() : new CMYKColor();

if (isRgb) {

color.red = arr[0];

color.green = arr[1];

color.blue = arr[2];

} else {

color.cyan = arr[0];

color.magenta = arr[1];

color.yellow = arr[2];

color.black = arr[3];

}

return color;

}

//scott

[femkeblanco · Accepted solution]

Change this line

sw.name = spotName + suffix;

to

// if spotName has the suffix _SPOT, remove it
if (spotName.slice(-5) == "_SPOT") sw.name = spotName.slice(0, -5) + suffix
else sw.name = spotName + suffix;

[@Js1212]

that worked perfect!!!!!

scott

[m1b]

Just for learning, here's a variation, that changes the suffix no matter which suffix is already applied, or adds it if none:

sw.name = spotName.replace(/(_SPOT|_CMYK)?$/, suffix);

In the regular expression, the | (bar) symbol means choose either _SPOT or _CMYK, and the ? means match the text in parentheses if it's there and the $ means match end of text—so if no suffix exists the $ replaces the end of text with the suffix.

- Mark