GREP find not working in javascript

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- March 1, 2014 at 3:01 am #67399
  
  Stuart Horner
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  I am writing a script that uses several grep find/change queries. They all work apart from this one “\\Z\\r” that aims to delete the last return at the end of a story.
  
  This and variations of it work fine in the find/change dialog but not in the script. Any help would be much appreciated.
- March 2, 2014 at 9:09 am #67404
  
  Matthew Mariani
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  In a script, try using positive lookahead “\\r(?=\\Z)” for findWhat property. Note, this will also delete the last return at the end of any table cell as well. Works in InDesign CS6.
- March 3, 2014 at 8:41 am #67424
  
  Theunis De Jong
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  Actually you don’t need a lookahead for the ‘position markers’ $ and \Z. Stuart mentions he tried some variations, but maybe he overlooked the simplest possible case:
  
  \\r\\Z
  
  — that is, the return occurs *before* the end of story.
  - March 3, 2014 at 8:57 am #67426
    
    Matthew Mariani
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    I thought that should work, but I tried \\r\\Z using InDesign CS6 on Mac and could not get it to work.
  - March 3, 2014 at 9:22 am #67427
    
    Matthew Mariani
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    \\r\\Z does appear to work in InDesign CC.
- March 3, 2014 at 9:52 am #67428
  
  Stuart Horner
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  Thank you guys for your help with this. Jongware, I could have sworn I’d tried that variation but obviously not as it works a treat in CC.
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