Re: FindReplace by list
Re: FindReplace by list
- Subject: Re: FindReplace by list
- From: André Renault <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:31:17 -0500
I have already experimented with using text item delimiters as a search and replacer.
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On Dec 4, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Jon Pugh <email@hidden> wrote:
> At 12:26 PM +0100 12/4/10, Michel Raj wrote:
>> I'm looking for hints to make a multiple search replace on text docs (.doc or .rtf)
>
> This is something my SmartString class does easily in pure AppleScript.
>
> -- sample script
> property ss : load script alias "YourDisk:Folder1:Folder2:SmartString.scpt"
> -- read the file
> set theText to read file "Your:file:path"
> set wordsToReplace to {"word1", "word2", "word3"}
> set wordsToSubstitute to {"1drow", "2drow", 3drow"}
> tell ss's SmartString
> setString(theText)
> repeat with i from 1 to number of items of wordsToReplace
> replaceStrings(item i of wordsToReplace, item i of wordsToSubstitute)
> end repeat
> set theText to getString()
> end tell
> -- save the file
> write theText to file "Your:file:path:"
> -- end sample script
>
> SmartString does much more too, and all in pure AppleScript (well, at some point it uses the "offset" scripting addition which is built in). It really makes string handling simple though.
>
> getString() --> string (only reads)
> setString(aString) --> string
> setList(aList, seperator) --> string
> on convertListToString(aList, delim) --> string (only reads)
>
> subString(x, y) --> string (only reads)
> beforeString(subString) --> string (only reads)
> afterString(subString) --> string (only reads)
> betweenStrings(afterThis, beforeThis) --> string (only reads)
>
> appendString(aString) --> string
> prependString(aString) --> string
> insertBefore(subString, thisString) --> string
> insertAfter(subString, thisString) --> string
>
> deleteCharacters(x, y) --> string
> deleteString(subString) --> string
> deleteBefore(beforeString) --> string
> deleteAfter(afterString) --> string
> deleteBetween(beforeThis, afterThis) --> string
>
> keepBefore(beforeString) --> string
> keepAfter(afterString) --> string
> keepBetween(beforeThis, afterThis) --> string
> replaceString(subString, withString) --> string
> replaceStrings(subString, withString) --> string
> replaceBetween(frontTag, rearTag, newValue) --> string
>
> getTokens(delim) --> list (only reads)
> setTokens(aList, delim) --> string
> beforeToken(token, delim) --> string (only reads)
> afterToken(token, delim) --> string (only reads)
> getTokenRange(startIndex, endIndex, delim) --> list (only reads)
> deleteTokenRange(startIndex, endIndex, delim) --> string
> keepTokenRange(startIndex, endIndex, delim) --> string
> deleteTokensAfter(token, delim) --> string
> keepTokensAfter(token, delim) --> string
>
> firstToken(delim) --> string (only reads)
> deleteFirstToken(delim) --> string
> keepFirstToken(delim) --> string
>
> lastToken(delim) --> string (only reads)
> deleteLastToken(delim) --> string
> keepLastToken(delim) --> string
>
> NthToken(n, delim) --> string (only reads)
> deleteNthToken(n, delim) --> string
> keepNthToken(n, delim) --> string
>
> trimWhitespace() --> string
> uppercase() --> string
> lowercase() --> string
>
> SmartString is available on my web site in source format:
>
> http://www.seanet.com/~jonpugh/software/SmartString.applescript
>
> Jon
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