Update:
Script now keeps styling while sorting.
(Still clunky and potentially faulty. Use at your own risk.)
Application.prototype.main = function() {
var theDoc = app.activeDocument;
var theParagraphs = app.selection[0].paragraphs.everyItem().getElements();
//Add indexOf to prototype Array
Array.prototype.indexOf = function (elem, fromIndex){
fromIndex = Number(fromIndex) || 0;
var len = this.length;
if (fromIndex < 0){
fromIndex += len;
}
for(var i=fromIndex;i<this.length;i++){
if(this[i] == elem){
return i;
}
}
return -1;
}
//List of Bible booknames in correct order
var bookList = ["Genesis", "Exodus", "Leviticus", "Numbers", "Deuteronomy", "Joshua", "Judges", "Ruth", "1 Samuel", "2 Samuel", "1 Kings", "2 Kings", "1 Chronicles", "2 Chronicles", "Ezra", "Nehemiah", "Esther", "Job", "Psalms", "Proverbs", "Ecclesiastes", "Song of Solomon", "Isaiah", "Jeremiah", "Lamentations", "Ezekiel", "Daniel", "Hosea", "Joel", "Amos", "Obadiah", "Jonah", "Micah", "Nahum", "Habakkuk", "Zephaniah", "Haggai", "Zechariah", "Malachi", "Tobit", "Judith", "Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)", "Matthew", "Mark", "Luke", "John", "Acts", "Romans", "1 Corinthians", "2 Corinthians", "Galatians", "Ephesians", "Philippians", "Colossians", "1 Thessalonians", "2 Thessalonians", "1 Timothy", "2 Timothy", "Titus", "Philemon", "Hebrews", "James", "1 Peter", "2 Peter", "1 John", "2 John", "3 John", "Jude", "Revelation"];
var newList = [];//array to hold numbered list of booknames
var sortedList = [];//array to hold numbered and javascript sorted list of booknames. Just text no styling.
var bookNumber, bookName;
for (var i = 0; i < theParagraphs.length; i++) {
newList.push(theParagraphs[i].contents);
sortedList.push(theParagraphs[i].contents);
}
//add double digit sorting numbers to newList array
for (var i = 0; i < newList.length; i++) {
bookName = newList[i].split(" ")[0];
if (bookName == "1"||bookName == "2"||bookName == "3") {
bookName = newList[i].split(" ")[0] + " " + newList[i].split(" ")[1];
}
if (bookList.indexOf(bookName)<9) {
bookNumber = "0" +(bookList.indexOf(bookName)+1) + "_";
}
else{
bookNumber = (bookList.indexOf(bookName)+1) + "_";
}
newList[i] = bookNumber + newList[i];
sortedList[i] = bookNumber + sortedList[i];
}
//sort text list
sortedList = sortedList.sort()
//Make temporary text frame to hold paragraphs with styling
var newFrame = theDoc.pages[0].textFrames.add();
var newStory = newFrame.parentStory;
for (var i = 0; i < theParagraphs.length; i++) {
theParagraphs[i].duplicate(LocationOptions.AT_END,newStory);
}
var newParas = newStory.paragraphs.everyItem().getElements();
//add double digit sorting numbers to paragraphs in new frame
for (var i = 0; i < newParas.length; i++) {
var paraContent = newParas[i].contents;
bookName = paraContent.split(" ")[0];
if (bookName == "1"||bookName == "2"||bookName == "3") {
bookName = paraContent.split(" ")[0] + " " + paraContent.split(" ")[1];
}
if (bookList.indexOf(bookName)<9) {
bookNumber = "0" +(bookList.indexOf(bookName)+1) + "_";
}
else{
bookNumber = (bookList.indexOf(bookName)+1) + "_";
}
newParas[i].insertionPoints[0].contents = bookNumber;
newParas = newStory.paragraphs.everyItem().getElements();
}
newParas = newStory.paragraphs.everyItem().getElements();
//find the correct order based on the sorted list
for (var i = 0; i < sortedList.length; i++) {
var paragraphToMove = newList.indexOf(sortedList[i]);
theParagraphs[i].contents = "";
var movedPara = newParas[paragraphToMove].move(LocationOptions.before, theParagraphs[i]);
movedPara.characters.itemByRange(0,2).remove();
}
//remove temporary text frame
newFrame.remove();
}
app.doScript('app.main();',ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT,undefined,UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "sortBibleBooks_v2");
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