Script to spell out state names not working in CC

Cindy Kelley

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    • July 24, 2016 at 10:59 am #86879
      Cindy Kelley
      Participant

      Hi there,

      This script worked fine for CS6 but I can’t get it to work for CC. Any ideas why?

      Thanks,
      Cindy

      //DESCRIPTION:Expand US State Abbreviations
      if (app.version < ‘6’)
      doReplace();
      else
      app.doScript(doReplace, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, “Expand State Abbreviations”);
      function doReplace ()
      {
      var a;
      var abbrevs = [
      [ “Alabama”, “Ala.” ],
      [ “Arizona”, “Ariz.” ],
      [ “Arkansas”, “Ark.” ],
      [ “California”, “Calif.” ],
      [ “Colorado”, “Colo.” ],
      [ “Connecticut”, “Conn.” ],
      [ “Delaware”, “Del.” ],
      [ “District Of Columbia”, “D.C.” ],
      [ “Florida”, “Fla.” ],
      [ “Georgia”, “Ga.” ],
      [ “Illinois”, “Ill.” ],
      [ “Indiana”, “Ind.” ],
      [ “Kansas”, “Kan.” ],
      [ “Kentucky”, “Ky.” ],
      [ “Louisiana”, “La.” ],
      [ “Maryland”, “Md.” ],
      [ “Massachusetts”, “Mass.” ],
      [ “Michigan”, “Mich.” ],
      [ “Minnesota”, “Minn.” ],
      [ “Mississippi”, “Miss.” ],
      [ “Missouri”, “Mo.” ],
      [ “Montana”, “Mont.” ],
      [ “Nebraska”, “Neb.” ],
      [ “Nevada”, “Nev.” ],
      [ “New Hampshire”, “N.H.” ],
      [ “New Jersey”, “N.J.” ],
      [ “New Mexico”, “N.M.” ],
      [ “New York”, “N.Y.” ],
      [ “North Carolina”, “N.C.” ],
      [ “North Dakota”, “N.D.” ],
      [ “Oklahoma”, “Okla.” ],
      [ “Oregon”, “Ore.” ],
      [ “Pennsylvania”, “Pa.” ],
      [ “Rhode Island”, “R.I.” ],
      [ “South Carolina”, “S.C.” ],
      [ “South Dakota”, “S.D.” ],
      [ “Tennessee”, “Tenn.” ],
      [ “Vermont”, “Vt.” ],
      [ “Virginia”, “Va.” ],
      [ “Wash.”, “Washington” ],
      [ “West Virginia”, “W.Va.” ],
      [ “Wisconsin”, “Wis.” ],
      [ “Wyoming”, “Wyo.” ] ];

      app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
      for (a in abbrevs)
      {
      app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = “\\b”+abbrevs[a][1]+”\\b”;
      app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = abbrevs[a][0];
      app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = “scholarship winner”;
      app.activeDocument.changeGrep();
      }
      app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
      }

    • July 24, 2016 at 11:14 am #86880
      Ari Singer
      Member

      Does your document have the “scholarship winner” paragraph style applied?

      Try this:

      //DESCRIPTION:Expand US State Abbreviations

app.doScript(doReplace, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Expand State Abbreviations");
function doReplace ()
{
var a;
var abbrevs = [
[ "Alabama", "Ala." ],
[ "Arizona", "Ariz." ],
[ "Arkansas", "Ark." ],
[ "California", "Calif." ],
[ "Colorado", "Colo." ],
[ "Connecticut", "Conn." ],
[ "Delaware", "Del." ],
[ "District Of Columbia", "D.C." ],
[ "Florida", "Fla." ],
[ "Georgia", "Ga." ],
[ "Illinois", "Ill." ],
[ "Indiana", "Ind." ],
[ "Kansas", "Kan." ],
[ "Kentucky", "Ky." ],
[ "Louisiana", "La." ],
[ "Maryland", "Md." ],
[ "Massachusetts", "Mass." ],
[ "Michigan", "Mich." ],
[ "Minnesota", "Minn." ],
[ "Mississippi", "Miss." ],
[ "Missouri", "Mo." ],
[ "Montana", "Mont." ],
[ "Nebraska", "Neb." ],
[ "Nevada", "Nev." ],
[ "New Hampshire", "N.H." ],
[ "New Jersey", "N.J." ],
[ "New Mexico", "N.M." ],
[ "New York", "N.Y." ],
[ "North Carolina", "N.C." ],
[ "North Dakota", "N.D." ],
[ "Oklahoma", "Okla." ],
[ "Oregon", "Ore." ],
[ "Pennsylvania", "Pa." ],
[ "Rhode Island", "R.I." ],
[ "South Carolina", "S.C." ],
[ "South Dakota", "S.D." ],
[ "Tennessee", "Tenn." ],
[ "Vermont", "Vt." ],
[ "Virginia", "Va." ],
[ "Wash.", "Washington" ],
[ "West Virginia", "W.Va." ],
[ "Wisconsin", "Wis." ],
[ "Wyoming", "Wyo." ] ];

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
for (a in abbrevs)
{
	app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\b" + abbrevs[a][1] + "\\b";
	app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = abbrevs[a][0];
	app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.item("scholarship winner");
	app.activeDocument.changeGrep();
	}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
}

      If it does still not work, please spell me out the error that pops up.

      -Ari

    • July 25, 2016 at 3:38 am #86887
      Cindy Kelley
      Participant

      Hi there,

      Yes, I do have a paragraph style of “scholarship winner”.

      This script still doesn’t work. It appears to do nothing so I don’t get an error code of any sort.

      Thank you for taking your time to look at this Ari. :)

      Cindy

    • July 25, 2016 at 7:48 am #86889
      Matt Isaac
      Participant

      The problem was in the findGrepPreferences with the word boundary. Removing the boundaries worked for me. Also the single quotes around the 6 were removed (with the quotes it would not use the undo feature.)
      This code should work

      
//DESCRIPTION:Expand US State Abbreviations
if (app.version < 6)
doReplace();
else
app.doScript(doReplace, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Expand State Abbreviations");
function doReplace ()
{
var a;
var abbrevs = [
[ "Alabama", "Ala." ],
[ "Arizona", "Ariz." ],
[ "Arkansas", "Ark." ],
[ "California", "Calif." ],
[ "Colorado", "Colo." ],
[ "Connecticut", "Conn." ],
[ "Delaware", "Del." ],
[ "District Of Columbia", "D.C." ],
[ "Florida", "Fla." ],
[ "Georgia", "Ga." ],
[ "Illinois", "Ill." ],
[ "Indiana", "Ind." ],
[ "Kansas", "Kan." ],
[ "Kentucky", "Ky." ],
[ "Louisiana", "La." ],
[ "Maryland", "Md." ],
[ "Massachusetts", "Mass." ],
[ "Michigan", "Mich." ],
[ "Minnesota", "Minn." ],
[ "Mississippi", "Miss." ],
[ "Missouri", "Mo." ],
[ "Montana", "Mont." ],
[ "Nebraska", "Neb." ],
[ "Nevada", "Nev." ],
[ "New Hampshire", "N.H." ],
[ "New Jersey", "N.J." ],
[ "New Mexico", "N.M." ],
[ "New York", "N.Y." ],
[ "North Carolina", "N.C." ],
[ "North Dakota", "N.D." ],
[ "Oklahoma", "Okla." ],
[ "Oregon", "Ore." ],
[ "Pennsylvania", "Pa." ],
[ "Rhode Island", "R.I." ],
[ "South Carolina", "S.C." ],
[ "South Dakota", "S.D." ],
[ "Tennessee", "Tenn." ],
[ "Vermont", "Vt." ],
[ "Virginia", "Va." ],
[ "Washington", "Wash." ],
[ "West Virginia", "W.Va." ],
[ "Wisconsin", "Wis." ],
[ "Wyoming", "Wyo." ] ];
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
for (a in abbrevs)
{
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = abbrevs[a][1];
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = abbrevs[a][0];
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = "scholarship winner";
app.activeDocument.changeGrep();
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
}
      • July 25, 2016 at 8:04 am #86892
        Matt Isaac
        Participant

        After posting i realized that all of the periods need to be escaped in the abbreviations..

        
//DESCRIPTION:Expand US State Abbreviations
if (app.version < 6)
doReplace();
else
app.doScript(doReplace, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Expand State Abbreviations");
function doReplace ()
{
var a;
var abbrevs = [
[ "Alabama", "Ala\\." ],
[ "Arizona", "Ariz\\." ],
[ "Arkansas", "Ark\\." ],
[ "California", "Calif\\." ],
[ "Colorado", "Colo\\." ],
[ "Connecticut", "Conn\\." ],
[ "Delaware", "Del\\." ],
[ "District Of Columbia", "D\\.C\\." ],
[ "Florida", "Fla\\." ],
[ "Georgia", "Ga\\." ],
[ "Illinois", "Ill\\." ],
[ "Indiana", "Ind\\." ],
[ "Kansas", "Kan\\." ],
[ "Kentucky", "Ky\\." ],
[ "Louisiana", "La\\." ],
[ "Maryland", "Md\\." ],
[ "Massachusetts", "Mass\\." ],
[ "Michigan", "Mich\\." ],
[ "Minnesota", "Minn\\." ],
[ "Mississippi", "Miss\\." ],
[ "Missouri", "Mo\\." ],
[ "Montana", "Mont\\." ],
[ "Nebraska", "Neb\\." ],
[ "Nevada", "Nev\\." ],
[ "New Hampshire", "N\\.H\\." ],
[ "New Jersey", "N\\.J\\." ],
[ "New Mexico", "N\\.M\\." ],
[ "New York", "N\\.Y\\." ],
[ "North Carolina", "N\\.C\\." ],
[ "North Dakota", "N\\.D\\." ],
[ "Oklahoma", "Okla\\." ],
[ "Oregon", "Ore\\." ],
[ "Pennsylvania", "Pa\\." ],
[ "Rhode Island", "R\\.I\\." ],
[ "South Carolina", "S\\.C\\." ],
[ "South Dakota", "S\\.D\\." ],
[ "Tennessee", "Tenn\\." ],
[ "Vermont", "Vt\\." ],
[ "Virginia", "Va\\." ],
[ "Washington", "Wash\\." ],
[ "West Virginia", "W\\.Va\\." ],
[ "Wisconsin", "Wis\\." ],
[ "Wyoming", "Wyo\\." ] ];
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
for (a in abbrevs)
{
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = abbrevs[a][1];
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = abbrevs[a][0];
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = "scholarship winner";
app.activeDocument.changeGrep();
}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
}

        This code will be the one you should use unless Ari comes up with something better. =P

    • July 25, 2016 at 8:04 am #86894
      Ari Singer
      Member

      The issue seemed to be the Word Boundary after a period (.\b). So I change it to a Negative Lookahead ((?!\w)) and it worked.

      I also adjusted the GREP search string so that it would be more accurate, because in GREP the period . is a wildcard that stands for every letter, and is only a period if it’s preceded by a backslash. But in the script the period was never escaped out, so it would find “Fla.” but it would also find and change “Flag”! (Not good…).

      So now I added a regex at the end to fix that. (As well as fixing that Wash. entry…).

      //DESCRIPTION:Expand US State Abbreviations

app.doScript(doReplace, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Expand State Abbreviations");
function doReplace ()
{
var a;
var abbrevs = [
[ "Alabama", "Ala." ],
[ "Arizona", "Ariz." ],
[ "Arkansas", "Ark." ],
[ "California", "Calif." ],
[ "Colorado", "Colo." ],
[ "Connecticut", "Conn." ],
[ "Delaware", "Del." ],
[ "District Of Columbia", "D.C." ],
[ "Florida", "Fla." ],
[ "Georgia", "Ga." ],
[ "Illinois", "Ill." ],
[ "Indiana", "Ind." ],
[ "Kansas", "Kan." ],
[ "Kentucky", "Ky." ],
[ "Louisiana", "La." ],
[ "Maryland", "Md." ],
[ "Massachusetts", "Mass." ],
[ "Michigan", "Mich." ],
[ "Minnesota", "Minn." ],
[ "Mississippi", "Miss." ],
[ "Missouri", "Mo." ],
[ "Montana", "Mont." ],
[ "Nebraska", "Neb." ],
[ "Nevada", "Nev." ],
[ "New Hampshire", "N.H." ],
[ "New Jersey", "N.J." ],
[ "New Mexico", "N.M." ],
[ "New York", "N.Y." ],
[ "North Carolina", "N.C." ],
[ "North Dakota", "N.D." ],
[ "Oklahoma", "Okla." ],
[ "Oregon", "Ore." ],
[ "Pennsylvania", "Pa." ],
[ "Rhode Island", "R.I." ],
[ "South Carolina", "S.C." ],
[ "South Dakota", "S.D." ],
[ "Tennessee", "Tenn." ],
[ "Vermont", "Vt." ],
[ "Virginia", "Va." ],
[ "Washington", "Wash." ],
[ "West Virginia", "W.Va." ],
[ "Wisconsin", "Wis." ],
[ "Wyoming", "Wyo." ] ];

app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
for (a in abbrevs)
{
	var myString = abbrevs[a][1].replace(/\./g, '\\.');
	app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\b" + myString+ "(?!\\w)";
	app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = abbrevs[a][0];
	app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.item("scholarship winner");
	app.activeDocument.changeGrep();
	}
app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
}
    • July 28, 2016 at 7:16 am #86964
      Cindy Kelley
      Participant

      HI gang,

      This works GREAT! It is going to save me a lot of time.

      Thanks!

      …and this another reason I love indesignsecrets.com. :)

      Cindy

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