search a word between "( )" and apply CharacterStyle

[julioc4816867]

sorry my bad english

I need your help,

I can search within a parenthesis with \((.*)\)

ex:  hello (world) bye, need apply a CharacterStyle to "(world)" with  CharacterStyle

hello (world) bye

similar script:

var active_doc = app.activeDocument;  

var search_string = /\((.*)\)/ig;



var text_frames = active_doc.textFrames;  


var italicStyle = active_doc.characterStyles["italica"];  


if (text_frames.length > 0)  
{  
    for (var i = 0 ; i < text_frames.length; i++)  
      {  
          var this_text_frame = text_frames;  

  italicStyle.applyTo(this_text_frame.textRange);  



           if (new_string != this_text_frame.contents)  
               {  
                    this_text_frame.contents = new_string;  
               }  
      }  
}  

thanks, sorry my bad english I speak spanish

[Qwertyfly___]

Try this.

var text = app.activeDocument.selection[0].textRange;
var italicStyle = app.activeDocument.characterStyles["italica"];
var haystack = text.contents;
var needle = /[\(]([^\)]*)[\)]/gi;
var match;
while(match = needle.exec(haystack)){
var start = needle.lastIndex - match[0].length;
var end = match[0].length;
for (var i = 0; i< end; i++){
italicStyle.applyTo(text.characters[i + start]);
}
}

[julioc4816867]

You are awesome!!, thanks, but it may be possible to search in whole document or all layers?

thanks thanks!

sorry my bad english

[Qwertyfly___ · Accepted solution]

var frames = app.activeDocument.textFrames;
for (var j = 0; j < frames.length; j++){
var text = frames.textRange;
var italicStyle = app.activeDocument.characterStyles["italica"];
var haystack = text.contents;
var needle = /[\(]([^\)]*)[\)]/gi;
var match;
while(match = needle.exec(haystack)){
var start = needle.lastIndex - match[0].length;
var end = match[0].length;
for (var i = 0; i< end; i++){
italicStyle.applyTo(text.characters[i + start]);
}
}
}

[julioc4816867]

thank you very much , it works great, awesome script.

[Qwertyfly___]

oops,

Update regex line to this...

var needle = /[\(]([^\)\(\r]*)[\)]/gi; 

this makes sure the match does not have brackets within it and also no line breaks.

[julioc4816867]

thank you very much , you are outstanding

[Qwertyfly___]

No problem, Glad I could help...