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How to get the word after searching for a character with Javascript?

Engaged ,
Sep 20, 2022 Sep 20, 2022

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Hello,

I want to search for a specific letter like "ñ" in InDesign using Javascript. findText is the fastest way than using indexOf.
But how can I then determine the word like "señior" in which the letter occurs?

.constructor.name tells me I have found a character.
.parent returns "story" as a result and not the word in which the character is contained.

How can I determine the word from the search result?

My (simplified) Javascript looks like this:

// Find a character and get the word
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = "ñ";
var myFoundItems = myDocument.findText();
alert(myFoundItems[0].constructor.name);
alert(myFoundItems[0].parent);
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People's Champ , Sep 20, 2022 Sep 20, 2022
//Just climb up the object hierarchy
myFoundItems[0].words[0].contents;

 

But you may as well consider using GREP for a one-time go.

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People's Champ ,
Sep 20, 2022 Sep 20, 2022

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//Just climb up the object hierarchy
myFoundItems[0].words[0].contents;

 

But you may as well consider using GREP for a one-time go.

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Engaged ,
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Thank you very much for the quick tip.

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Hi,
As Loic said, I would have gone for a Grep query as well (which can be put into a script too)

something as simple as that

\b\w+ñ\w+

 

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