Selected textFrame contains a dash?

[subieguy2]

Is there a way that I can search through the selected text items and if the text frame contains a dash push the entire contents of the text frame into an array?

If it doesn't contain a dash it would just skip it.

so for example:

The following text would be selected....

SNJ1-UP   RYT245-587    WRX1-107   J:37

There would be 4 items in the selection...

and it would push the content to an array dashFrames[]; which would have 3 text frame items in it...

dashFrames[0]  =  SNJ1-UP

dashFrames[1]  =  RYT245-587

dashFrames[2]  =  WRX1-107

[pixxxelschubser · Accepted solution]

Do you mean something like this?

// 4 textFrames should be selected

var tF = app.activeDocument.selection;
if (tF.length == 4) {
    var count = 0;
    var dashFrames = new Array ();
for (i = 0; i < tF.length; i++) {
    if (tF.typename == "TextFrame") {
        if (tF.contents.match ("-")) {
            dashFrames[count] = tF.contents;
            count++;
            }
        }
    }
}
// alert (dashFrames)
// result: RYT245-587,WRX1-107,SNJ1-UP

Have fun

[subieguy2]

Yup works perfect! Only thing I modified was the specific length of 4. My specs changed and I need that to be more dynamic now. THANKS pixxxel schubser‌!