remove end of paragraph symbol in a textFrame using javascript

[Karthik SG]

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = String(dropdown1.selection);
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\r";  
 var foundItems = app.activeDocument.findGrep(true);
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "";
 app.activeDocument.changeText ( );
 app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;

I am trying to remove this end of paragraph symbol(due to this i am getting new empty line)!

[Manan Joshi]

Your code looks fine. What issue are you seeing? Check if the value of the dropdown selection is correct or not

-Manan

[Laubender]

Hi Karthic,

try this pattern:

findWhat = "\\r+\\Z";

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[Karthik SG]

@Laubender this grep is also working! thanks for your response!

[Peter Kahrel]

But this replaces content. If the paragraph contains any formating, it's more than likely to get messed up. Better to use something like this:

// Assuming a story
while (myStory.characters[-1].contents == '\r') {
  myStory.characters[-1].contents = '';
}

[Karthik SG]

instead of changeGrep "app.activeDocument.changeGrep ( );",i coded as changeText "app.activeDocument.changeText ( );", Now its working fine! thanks for your response!

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = String(dropdown1.selection);
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\r";  
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "";
app.activeDocument.changeGrep( );
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.NOTHING;

[Laubender]

findWhat = "\\r";

in combination with:

changeTo = "";

app.activeDocument.changeGrep( );

would remove every end of paragraph character that is formatted with the selected paragraph style in your document. Not only the one that is at the end of a story or at the end of a text cell.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[Karthik SG]

@Laubender Yes, you are absolutely right but it works fine for my purpose! thanks for your time!

[rob day]

Hi @Karthik SG , just to clarify are you trying to remove the paeragraph return or the end of story invisible (#)?

Removing the return I would expect this:

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat=NothingEnum.NOTHING
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo=NothingEnum.NOTHING
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\r";
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "";
app.activeDocument.changeGrep()