Need help to count characters in multiple Text Layers

[prudhvir86473461]

I'm using below code for counting number of characters and words in a single text layer. Is that possible to count number of characters and words in a multiple text layers.??Please Help

Java Script Code:

// 

/*

<javascriptresource>

<name>Count Words and Characters</name>

</javascriptresource>

*/

function run()

{

var layer = activeDocument.activeLayer;

    if (layer.kind == LayerKind.TEXT)

        {

    var words = layer.textItem.contents;

            words = words.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm," ");

var countwords = words.split(" ").length;

var countletters = words.split(" ").join(" ").length;

alert("\n " + countwords + " Words\n " + countletters + " Characters","Count");

}

else

    {

    alert("Select a text layer.","Count");

    }

}

run();

[c.pfaffenbichler]

This should get you an Array of the Type Layers’ texts which you could then process.

// 2015, use it at your own risk;
#target photoshop
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var theTexts = main ();
alert (theTexts.join("\n"));
};
////////////////////////////////////
function main () {
// the file;
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
// get number of layers;
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var applicationDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var theNumber = applicationDesc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID("numberOfLayers"));
// process the layers;
var theLayers = new Array;
for (var m = 0; m <= theNumber; m++) {
try {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), m);
var layerDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var layerSet = typeIDToStringID(layerDesc.getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID("layerSection")));
var isBackground = layerDesc.getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("background"));
// if not layer group ;
if (layerSet != "layerSectionEnd" && layerSet != "layerSectionStart" && isBackground != true) {
var theName = layerDesc.getString(stringIDToTypeID('name'));
var theID = layerDesc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID('layerID'));
var hasText = layerDesc.hasKey(stringIDToTypeID("textKey"));
// if type layer;
if (hasText == true) {
var textDesc = layerDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('textKey'));
var theText = textDesc.getString(stringIDToTypeID("textKey"));
theLayers.push(theText)
}
}
}
catch (e) {};
};
return theLayers
};

[prudhvir86473461]

Thanks a lot for this..

But i don't need the text to be displayed in the window. I need only the count which shows number of characters and words on the active layers. My script only shows for one active layer. How can I count for multiple active text layers??

Thanks in advance

[c.pfaffenbichler]

You don’t need the alert so remove it and perform what you so far performed on the text of one Layer on the texts collected in the Array with a for-clause.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Actually you could just join the Array to make it a String and then perform the existing operation on it.

I see problems with the existing code, though, in that a space at the end of the String and double-spaces in the text affect the word count.

[prudhvir86473461]

Thanks for that! But it is showing error when I make it as a string.can you please help me with the whole code?

[c.pfaffenbichler · Accepted solution]

// 2015, use it at your own risk; 

#target "photoshop-70.032"

if (app.documents.length > 0) { 

var theTexts = main (); 

alert (count (theTexts.join("\n")));

}; 

//////////////////////////////////// 

function main () { 

// the file; 

var myDocument = app.activeDocument; 

// get number of layers; 

var ref = new ActionReference(); 

ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); 

var applicationDesc = executeActionGet(ref); 

var theNumber = applicationDesc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID("numberOfLayers")); 

// process the layers; 

var theLayers = new Array; 

for (var m = 0; m <= theNumber; m++) { 

try { 

var ref = new ActionReference(); 

ref.putIndex( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), m); 

var layerDesc = executeActionGet(ref); 

var layerSet = typeIDToStringID(layerDesc.getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID("layerSection"))); 

var isBackground = layerDesc.getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("background")); 

// if not layer group ; 

if (layerSet != "layerSectionEnd" && layerSet != "layerSectionStart" && isBackground != true) { 

var theName = layerDesc.getString(stringIDToTypeID('name')); 

var theID = layerDesc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID('layerID')); 

var hasText = layerDesc.hasKey(stringIDToTypeID("textKey")); 

// if type layer; 

if (hasText == true) { 

var textDesc = layerDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('textKey')); 

var theText = textDesc.getString(stringIDToTypeID("textKey")); 

theLayers.push(theText) 

} 

} 

} 

catch (e) {}; 

}; 

return theLayers

};

////// count characters //////

function count (theString) { 

var words = theString//layer.textItem.contents;

words = words.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm," ");

////////////////////////////////////

// remove double spaces and space at the end;

while (words.indexOf("  ") != -1) {words = words.replace("  ", " ")};

var endSpace = /\s$/;

words = words.replace(endSpace, "");

////////////////////////////////////

var countwords = words.split(" ").length;

var countletters = words.split(" ").join(" ").length;

return ("\n " + countwords + " Words\n " + countletters + " Characters");

};

[prudhvir86473461]

AWESOME WORKS LIKE A CHARM!! THANKS A LOT!!

I have a small query on this. is there any way that it counts the characters on the active text Layers. Now it's actually counts the whole document and if possible can you add a alert when no text layers are selected? I Mean  some thing like this

else

    {

    alert("Select text layers");

    }

Thanks in advance

[c.pfaffenbichler]

You could use this

////// by paul mr;

function getSelectedLayersIdx(){

      var selectedLayers = new Array;

      var ref = new ActionReference();

      ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );

      var desc = executeActionGet(ref);

      if( desc.hasKey( stringIDToTypeID( 'targetLayers' ) ) ){

         desc = desc.getList( stringIDToTypeID( 'targetLayers' ));

          var c = desc.count

          var selectedLayers = new Array();

          for(var i=0;i<c;i++){

            try{

               activeDocument.backgroundLayer;

               selectedLayers.push(  desc.getReference( i ).getIndex() );

            }catch(e){

               selectedLayers.push(  desc.getReference( i ).getIndex()+1 );

            }

          }

       }else{

         var ref = new ActionReference();

         ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID("Prpr") , charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ));

         ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );

         try{

            activeDocument.backgroundLayer;

            selectedLayers.push( executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ))-1);

         }catch(e){

            selectedLayers.push( executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" )));

         }

      }

      return selectedLayers;

};

to get the indices of the selected Layers and adjust the for-function that collects the texts accordingly.

[prudhvir86473461]

Thanks for this..but I'm getting a error in some line(var theTexts = main (); ).. Can you please help in fixing the whole??

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Can you please help in fixing the whole??

Please post the code.