Find the next word in the paragraph

[frameexpert]

I have a series of "key words" formatted with a particular Character Style. I am using this to find the words:

var doc = app.activeDocument;
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findTextPreferences = app.findTextPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle = "HMI";

var hmiText = app.activeDocument.findGrep();
alert (hmiText.length);

This is working fine. For each found word, I do a look up in an XML file to find its replacement. Then I replace the found word with its replacement. Now I have to do something else that has me stuck. Each word I am replacing has a following word or words in parenthesis. I have to find these and delete them. So, an example would be this:

This is the term (word or words) that I am replacing.

I am finding and replacing "term" with its equivalent from the spreadsheet. But now I have to find "(word or words)" directly following and delete it. When I am done with my find/change, I am usually left with a TextStyleRange or a Word. Given this, I want to find the next word or phrase within parenthesis. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks.

Rick Quatro

[Jump_Over]

Hi,

If "Each word You are replacing has a following word or words in parenthesis"

then it should be possible to remove all characters using

myStory.characters.nextItem(hmiText.characters[-1])

inside a loop while(myStory.characters.nextItem(hmiText.characters[-1]).contents !== ")" )
first

and do proper find change

after

hopefully...