how to avoid index repeated page numbers

[hurix]

founds = app.documents[0].findGrep();

    for (i =0 ; i<founds.length; i++) {

    found = founds;

    app.select(found);

    myTopic.pageReferences.add(found, PageReferenceType.currentPage );

}

If Index term repeatedly found in the same page number need to skip that or have to give range.

[Peter Kahrel]

If you add more than one pageReference to a page, that page's number will appear in the generated index only once. No need to skip anything.

What you mean by 'or give range' isn't clear in this context.

[hurix]

for example:

Index term is  - rama krishna

rama krishna  appearing 4 times  in single page (example page number 10), then my script writing like

rama krishna ,  10, 10, 10, 10

[Peter Kahrel]

If your index term is 'rama krishna' and you add four page references on page 10, then InDesign's generated index should have just one reference to page 10. I've no idea how you get those four references to p. 10 in your index. Anyway, you can remove them in the generated index with a GREP replacement, something like

Find what:  (, \d+)\K\1+

Replace with: <leave field empty>

[Jongware]

hurix@123  wrote

for example:

Index term is  - rama krishna

rama krishna  appearing 4 times  in single page (example page number 10), then my script writing like

rama krishna ,  10, 10, 10, 10

Do you mean you are not using InDesign's own Index generator? Then you can adjust that script. When it gathered all page references and you are about to write them out as an index, check if the next number you are outputting is the same as the previous.

[hurix]

Sorry for confusing

After generated index from index palate this grep will wo

I have some index terms in index.txt file, my script will do all the index term automation placed into in InDesign index palate.

[hurix]

[Peter Kahrel]

Do you seriously mean that when you generate the index the result is

A...Ca, xi, 137, 137, 137, 137, 138 etc?

[Laubender]

hurix@123  wrote

Interesting…

hurix@123 , what is your version of InDesign?

Regards,
Uwe

[Cicely21763980xcpy]

Hi Uwe, I'm having the same issue. Using 2022. Do you know if there's a fix?

[Peter Kahrel]

The Index panel shows all instances, so if there are two or more instances on a page you'll see them all in the panel. But when the index is generated only one instance is printed. Generate the index and see for yourself.

[Cicely21763980xcpy]

Ah of course! Thanks Peter.

[hurix]

Yes,

[Peter Kahrel]

I have never seen that, and I've done a fair number of indexes with InDesign. Bizarre.