conditional script by a specific part in the docname

[showshow]

I've made something to have this  kind of stricture on picture i work :

0000000000001_v1_fg1208015_det.jpg

I would like to know if i can script anything from part of the name, for example a got a part named v1 is ( View 1),

but i got also, at the same place in the structure v2 or v3 etc...

My idea is to make a  script condition from this only part of the document name.

Thx for helping

[squirpy · Accepted solution]

If you want to do this one document at a time (or automate > batch it on a whole folder later) use this:

var workingName = app.activeDocument.name;
if(workingName.match(/(v1)/ig)){
    //do something
    } else if (workingName.match(/(v2)/ig)){
    //do something
    } else if (workingName.match(/(v3)/ig)){
    //do something
}

If you want to loop through all open documents use this:

for (i = 0; i < documents.length; i++){
    var curDoc = app.activeDocument = app.documents;
    var workingName = curDoc.name;
    if(workingName.match(/(v1)/ig)){
        //do something
        } else if (workingName.match(/(v2)/ig)){
        //do something
        } else if (workingName.match(/(v3)/ig)){
        //do something
        }
    }

NOTE: the 'i' toward the end of each regex pattern makes this case insensitive....if you want it to be case sensitive get rid of the 'i'. Also, in the second option if the "do something" part includes closing the document, this will throw off the loop. In that case change the iteration to count backwards like this:

for (i = app.documents.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)

[pixxxelschubser]

Hi squirpy​,

not bad. But you work with maximum risk.

Looking for (only) /(v1)/ can produce false positive hits.

e.g.

if the filename is not: 0000000000001_v1_fg1208015_det.jpg

rather is: 0000000000001_v1_fv1208015_det.jpg

A bit more safety give you the search with /_v1_/

(and much more safety with /\d{13}_v1_/ ) But nobody (except showshow) knows which possibilities in the kind of structure really exists.

[squirpy]

Good call. As you mentioned, we don't know the specifics regarding anything that could produce false positives, but including the underscores is a no-brainer.

[showshow]

So if i well understand it is not absoluty safe method ...?

Thx any way

[showshow]

even if my structure is still like this

x=number

xxxxxxxxxxxxx_vx(1,2,3,4,5 max)_fgxxxxxxx_det.jpeg

??

[pixxxelschubser]

A little bit more flexibility and secure:

// name_checkPartOfDocName.jsx
// https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2194599
// conditional script by a specific part in the docname
// regards pixxxelschubser
for (i = app.documents.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
var aDoc = app.documents;
aDoc.name.match(/\d{13}_v([1-5])_/);
switch (RegExp.$1) {
    case '1': v1 ();
    break;
    case '2': v2 ();
    break;
    case '3': v3 ();
    break;
    case '4': v4 ();
    break;
    case '5': v5 ();
    break;
    default: alert (txt = "Nothing found in: " + aDoc.name);
    break;
    }
}
function v1 () {
alert ("v1 found in " + aDoc.name);
// do something
return;
}
function v2 () {
alert ("v2 found in " + aDoc.name);
// do something
return;
}
function v3 () {
alert ("v3 found in " + aDoc.name);
// do something
return;
}
function v4 () {
alert ("v4 found in " + aDoc.name);
// do something
return;
}
function v5 () {
alert ("v5 found in " + aDoc.name);
// do something
return;
}

Have fun