Converting MM to inches in text

[S.Vibe]

Hey guys,

I was wondering if there is an automated way, to conver mm in a document to i nches by running a script. See the below, i have tables and text like this:

Installation Dimensions (WxDxH)

224 x 534 x 667  mm

236 x 569 x 428.5 mm

231 x 600 x 430 mm

231 x 438 x 600 mm

255 x 486 x 404 mm

351 x 454 x 513 mm

It would be amazing life i could automate it rather then manually having to go the document through to do it.

[Jongware]

Piece of cake. Lots of such scripts already exist but someone can write it faster from scratch than you can find one online.

How many decimals of accuracy do you need?

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Just do a research on: Peter Kahrel or Steve Wareham!

(^/) 

[winterm]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/%5BJongware%5D  wrote

... someone can write it faster from scratch ...

... and I even know the name of that someone!

[Jongware · Accepted solution]

're you go. I didn't want to wait for that accuracy so I took the usual mils (3).

app.findGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\d+(\\.\\d*)?\\s+x\\s+\\d+(\\.\\d*)?\\s+x\\s+\\d+(\\.\\d*)?\\s+mm\\b";
var list = app.activeDocument.findGrep( false);
while (list.length)
{
item = list.pop();
text = item.contents;
// mm to in at the end
text = text.replace('mm', 'inch')
// convert values
text = text.replace(/\d+(\.\d*)?/g, function(val) { return Math.round(1000*parseFloat(val)/25.4)/1000; })
item.contents = text;
}

This is typical No Guarantees Software; make sure to save a copy first!

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Cool! … 

and Thanks!

(^/)

[Kit_work_acc]

Is there an updated version of this? I can't get it to run on anything recent, and my coding/scripting skills are pretty weak! 😆

[jmlevy]

@Kit_work_acc Unfortunately, Jongware passed away in 2020.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/theunis-de-jong-1966-2020/m-p/11653669#M406692

[Kit_work_acc]

Aww that's sad, sorry to learn this 😞

[emmanuels33178323]

I tried this in InDesign 22 and 24 and it worked as expected.

What is the problem you encountered ?

[Kit_work_acc]

I keep getting 'Santax Error. Expected expression, property or key form, etc. but found unknown token.'

No matter what I try, I can't get it compiled to save.

I'm trying in AppleScript, is this the right app? Or is it JS?

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@Kit_work_acc

JS.