How can tell the script full color to underline text

Question

I write a script for del square brackets and then make some markups, then i want the underline has a specify color

before del square brackets like this:

ASSETS

Non-current assets

Investments in subsidiaries 45 [448,520] [448,520]

Current assets

Amounts due from subsidiaries 17 [29,577,718] [24,414,028]

Other receivables and prepayments 17 [7,095] [3,072]

Restricted cash 18 [2,786,304] [1,033,136]

Cash and cash equivalents 19 [173,502] [505,184]

[32,544,619] [25,955,420]

Total assets [32,993,139] [26,403,940]

I want get the result like this:

ASSETS

Non-current assets

Investments in subsidiaries 45 448,520 448,520

Current assets

Amounts due from subsidiaries 17 29,577,718 24,414,028

Other receivables and prepayments 17 7,095 3,072

Restricted cash 18 2,786,304 1,033,136

Cash and cash equivalents 19 173,502 505,184

32,544,619 25,955,420

Total assets 32,993,139 26,403,940

but not work, two lines have error, can someone help me to fix it?

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\[(.)";
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "$1";
app.changeGrepPreferences.underline = true;
app.changeGrepPreferences.underlineColor = swatches.item "underline"; // <----- the script has an error in this line
app.selection[0].changeGrep();
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "(.)\\]";
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "$1";
app.changeGrepPreferences.underline = true;
app.changeGrepPreferences.underlineColor = swatches.item "underline"; // <----- the script has an error in this line
app.selection[0].changeGrep();
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;

Kai Rübsamen · Accepted Answer

Harvey, Ronalds line is correct. Did you realize, that you must select something?

A question in this case:

If I try this in the UI I would simply write: \[(.)|(.)]

But if I try this via script, the last part in the alternation is not honored. This is true only, when the underline color is applied in the same search.

So this one will find the first square bracket, apply the colors, but will not find the last square bracket.

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\[(.)|(.)]";
app.changeGrepPreferences.underline = true;
app.changeGrepPreferences.underlineColor = "underline";
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "$1";
app.selection[0].changeGrep();
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;

This one will find and delete the brackets correctly:

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\[(.)|(.)]";
//~ app.changeGrepPreferences.underline = true;
//~ app.changeGrepPreferences.underlineColor = "underline";
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "$1";
app.selection[0].changeGrep();
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;

Any ideas what is going on here?

Thanks

–Kai

HarveyLiu · Answer

thanks, it is a suddently dawn on me!

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