reversing selected text or paragraph

[content server]

hi all,

i have a document that contains the lines reversed (for example, Hello All is written llA olleH), so how can i reverse a selected line and reverse the text inside the line (assuming i select each line before i run the script), and also how can i reverse the whole document without needing to select every single line at a time?

thanks in advance

[Sajeev Sridharan]

#1: Selected Line or Paragraph

First select line or paragraph before running the code,

    myString = app.selection[0].contents;
    myString = myString.split("").reverse().join("");
    app.selection[0].contents = myString;

#2: for whole document

Try yourself:

//Logic

1. loop no. of pages

2. loop no of textframes

3. loop no. of lines

4. then paste the above code

5. thats it you're done.

Vandy

[BEGINNER_X]

Hi,

Hope you are new to scripting, so kindly use the below script.

With the help of vandy coding,

var myLines = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().lines.everyItem().getElements();

for(i=0; i<myLines.length; i++)
{
    if(myLines.contents.match(/^\r/) !=null)
    {
        continue;
        }

    app.select(myLines.characters.itemByRange(0, -2));
    alert("select line")
    myString = app.selection[0].contents;  
    myString = myString.split("").reverse().join("");  
    app.selection[0].contents = myString;  
    }

Regards

Siraj

[content server]

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your reply,

The function ran correctly for couple of pages but we got the following error,

Kindly, do you have any solution?

Thank you in advance,

[Sajeev Sridharan]

It seems empty textframes in your document, you put try/catch in the code.

var myLines = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().lines.everyItem().getElements();  

for(i=0; i<myLines.length; i++)  
{  
    if(myLines.contents.match(/^\r/) !=null)  
    {  
        continue;  
    }  
    try{
        app.select(myLines.characters.itemByRange(0, -2));  
        alert("select line")  
        myString = app.selection[0].contents;    
        myString = myString.split("").reverse().join("");    
        app.selection[0].contents = myString;    
    }catch(e){}
}  

Vandy

[r28071715i111]

Please

When i try this script

found this error

Any help

[Peter Kahrel]

In this line:

if(myLines.contents.match(/^\r/) !=null)

add [i] after myLines:

if(myLines[i].contents.match(/^\r/) !=null)

[r28071715i111]

Nothing changed peter

[Peter Kahrel]

There was another line with the same problem:

app.select(myLines.characters.itemByRange(0, -2)); 

Add [i] after myLines

P

[r28071715i111]

Thanks peter

Worked like a charm

Excuse me : How can i let script apply on whole document rather than selecting each page

[Peter Kahrel]

Then use this version:

myLines = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem().lines.everyItem().getElements();
for (i=0; i<myLines.length; i++) {
  s = myLines[i].contents.slice(0,-1);
  if (s.length > 2) {
    myLines[i].contents = s.split("").reverse().join("") + '\r';
  }
}

P.

[r28071715i111]

Great Thanks for your effort peter

worked like a charm