Re: Get the result of a replace in AppleScript
> On Sep 26, 2022, at 08:22, Lionel wrote:
>
> AppleScript is not really a friend of regex ;-) You have to test the text to
> transform with BBEdit and then translate it into AppleScript string to
> incorporate it into the script.
>
> And sometimes it doesn't work, for example with \x20{6} supposed to replace
> six spaces. Is there a way to enter in AppleScript the same plain text used
> in BBEdit, with a tell statement for exemple ?
Hey Lionel,
I suppose you could look at it that way. I know I cussed and carried on about
having to manage quoting strings in AppleScript strings for a while. I even had
a routine that did all the work on the clipboard with a regex osax way back in
the day.
Then I bought Script Debugger
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Re: Get the result of a replace in AppleScript
Hey Christopher,
The code you gave works very well. However, when integrated with my own
instructions, AppleScript crashes! I don't understand why. So I wrote a
substitution routine.
set count_comments to replaceTokensWithGrep("^'[\\S\\t ]*\\r", nullStr)
replaceTokensWithGrep(textToSearch, replaceWith) just do a replace all.
AppleScript is not really a friend of regex ;-) You have to test the text
to transform with BBEdit and then translate it into AppleScript string to
incorporate it into the script.
And sometimes it doesn't work, for example with \x20{6} supposed to replace
six spaces. Is there a way to enter in AppleScript the same plain text used
in BBEdit, with a tell statement for exemple ?
Best Regards,
Lionel
Le mercredi 21 septembre 2022 à 17:19:07 UTC+2, listmei...@gmail.com a
écrit :
> On Sep 20, 2022, at 10:46, Lionel wrote:
>
>
> A call to the AppleScript library of BBEdit sometimes returns the number
> of hits found, this is the case with replace.
>
> process lines containing text 1 of text document 1 matching string "^'"
> output options {deleting matched lines:true} with matching with grep
>
> But with "process lines containing text" for example, this is not the case
> and it is better to avoid testing the returned value. It must be somewhere
> but not in the global property « result ». If someone has a solution, I'm
> interested.
>
> --
>
> Hey Lionel,
>
> BBEdit's *process lines containing* command does *not* return the number
> of processed lines - period.
>
> You have to look at the actual output of the command. When you do you
> find it returns a record containing two items:
>
> modified text
> copied lines
>
> *Modified text* is what the text in your document is transformed into by
> the command, and *copied lines* is the lines that are deleted.
>
> What's more – *copied lines* is always punctuated with a linefeed – even
> when the last line deleted doesn't have one.
>
> So – you have to do something like this:
>
>
> # Auth: Christopher Stone
> # dCre: 2022/09/21 10:00
> # dMod: 2022/09/21 10:00
> # Appl: BBEdit
> # Task: Return the Number of Processed Lines.
> # Libs: None
> # Osax: None
> # Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit, @Processed, @Lines,
> @Processed_Lines
>
>
> *tell* *application* "BBEdit"
> *tell* *front* *text window's* *text*
> *set* processLinesResultRecord *to* *process lines containing* matching
> string "^[ts]" output options {deleting matched lines:*true*} *with* matching
> with grep
> *end* *tell*
>
>
> *set* numberOfProcessedLines *to* copied lines *of*
> processLinesResultRecord
>
>
> *if* numberOfProcessedLines ≠ "" *then*
> # Remove the extraneous linefeed at the end of 'copied lines'.
> *set* numberOfProcessedLines *to* *replace* "\\s\\z" using ""
> searchingString numberOfProcessedLines options {search mode:*grep*}
> # Count the number of paragraphs to determine the number of processed
> lines.
> *set* numberOfProcessedLines *to* length *of* (*get* *paragraphs* *of*
> numberOfProcessedLines)
> *end* *if*
>
>
> *end* *tell*
>
>
>
> You could simply subtract 1 from the number of paragraphs instead of
> munging the string as I have.
>
> I'm using BBEdit 14.1.2 on macOS 10.14.6 for this test. I doubt the
> newest version has changed much in this regard but can't be certain.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Chris
>
>
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Re: Get the result of a replace in AppleScript
Hi Chris,
Thank you for the answer.
I'm sorry for the late reply. I was not notified of your response. I will
change the preferences for tracking responses in this group.
I will implement what you describe and come back here for feedback.
Le mercredi 21 septembre 2022 à 17:19:07 UTC+2, listmei...@gmail.com a
écrit :
> On Sep 20, 2022, at 10:46, Lionel wrote:
>
>
> A call to the AppleScript library of BBEdit sometimes returns the number
> of hits found, this is the case with replace.
>
> process lines containing text 1 of text document 1 matching string "^'"
> output options {deleting matched lines:true} with matching with grep
>
> But with "process lines containing text" for example, this is not the case
> and it is better to avoid testing the returned value. It must be somewhere
> but not in the global property « result ». If someone has a solution, I'm
> interested.
>
> --
>
> Hey Lionel,
>
> BBEdit's *process lines containing* command does *not* return the number
> of processed lines - period.
>
> You have to look at the actual output of the command. When you do you
> find it returns a record containing two items:
>
> modified text
> copied lines
>
> *Modified text* is what the text in your document is transformed into by
> the command, and *copied lines* is the lines that are deleted.
>
> What's more – *copied lines* is always punctuated with a linefeed – even
> when the last line deleted doesn't have one.
>
> So – you have to do something like this:
>
>
> # Auth: Christopher Stone
> # dCre: 2022/09/21 10:00
> # dMod: 2022/09/21 10:00
> # Appl: BBEdit
> # Task: Return the Number of Processed Lines.
> # Libs: None
> # Osax: None
> # Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit, @Processed, @Lines,
> @Processed_Lines
>
>
> *tell* *application* "BBEdit"
> *tell* *front* *text window's* *text*
> *set* processLinesResultRecord *to* *process lines containing* matching
> string "^[ts]" output options {deleting matched lines:*true*} *with* matching
> with grep
> *end* *tell*
>
>
> *set* numberOfProcessedLines *to* copied lines *of*
> processLinesResultRecord
>
>
> *if* numberOfProcessedLines ≠ "" *then*
> # Remove the extraneous linefeed at the end of 'copied lines'.
> *set* numberOfProcessedLines *to* *replace* "\\s\\z" using ""
> searchingString numberOfProcessedLines options {search mode:*grep*}
> # Count the number of paragraphs to determine the number of processed
> lines.
> *set* numberOfProcessedLines *to* length *of* (*get* *paragraphs* *of*
> numberOfProcessedLines)
> *end* *if*
>
>
> *end* *tell*
>
>
>
> You could simply subtract 1 from the number of paragraphs instead of
> munging the string as I have.
>
> I'm using BBEdit 14.1.2 on macOS 10.14.6 for this test. I doubt the
> newest version has changed much in this regard but can't be certain.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Chris
>
>
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Re: Get the result of a replace in AppleScript
> On Sep 20, 2022, at 10:46, Lionel wrote:
>
> A call to the AppleScript library of BBEdit sometimes returns the number of
> hits found, this is the case with replace.
>
> process lines containing text 1 of text document 1 matching string "^'"
> output options {deleting matched lines:true} with matching with grep
>
> But with "process lines containing text" for example, this is not the case
> and it is better to avoid testing the returned value. It must be somewhere
> but not in the global property « result ». If someone has a solution, I'm
> interested.
Hey Lionel,
BBEdit's process lines containing command does not return the number of
processed lines - period.
You have to look at the actual output of the command. When you do you find it
returns a record containing two items:
modified text
copied lines
Modified text is what the text in your document is transformed into by the
command, and copied lines is the lines that are deleted.
What's more – copied lines is always punctuated with a linefeed – even when the
last line deleted doesn't have one.
So – you have to do something like this:
# Auth: Christopher Stone
# dCre: 2022/09/21 10:00
# dMod: 2022/09/21 10:00
# Appl: BBEdit
# Task: Return the Number of Processed Lines.
# Libs: None
# Osax: None
# Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit, @Processed, @Lines, @Processed_Lines
tell application "BBEdit"
tell front text window's text
set processLinesResultRecord to process lines containing
matching string "^[ts]" output options {deleting matched lines:true} with
matching with grep
end tell
set numberOfProcessedLines to copied lines of processLinesResultRecord
if numberOfProcessedLines ≠ "" then
# Remove the extraneous linefeed at the end of 'copied lines'.
set numberOfProcessedLines to replace "\\s\\z" using ""
searchingString numberOfProcessedLines options {search mode:grep}
# Count the number of paragraphs to determine the number of
processed lines.
set numberOfProcessedLines to length of (get paragraphs of
numberOfProcessedLines)
end if
end tell
You could simply subtract 1 from the number of paragraphs instead of munging
the string as I have.
I'm using BBEdit 14.1.2 on macOS 10.14.6 for this test. I doubt the newest
version has changed much in this regard but can't be certain.
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Chris
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Re: Get the result of a replace in AppleScript
I answer myself.
A call to the AppleScript library of BBEdit sometimes returns the number of
hits found, this is the case with replace.
process lines containing text 1 of text document 1 matching string "^'"
output options {deleting matched lines:true} with matching with grep
But with "process lines containing text" for example, this is not the case
and it is better to avoid testing the returned value. It must be somewhere
but not in the global property « result ». If someone has a solution, I'm
interested.
Thanks.
Le mardi 20 septembre 2022 à 14:55:34 UTC+2, Lionel a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I'm using AppleScript to do some text transformations in BBEdit. For
> exemple :
>
> replace "\\s+&\\s+_\\s+" using " \\& " options {search mode:grep, starting
> at top:true}
>
> When BBEdit is used with AppleScript, it does not post notifications,
> that's why I'd like to get the numbers of occurrences found.
>
> result = {replace ...} doesn't work. Is there a way to do that ?
>
> Thanks
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