[jawsscripts] Re: script help
- From: "Paul Magill" <magills@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 18:03:46 +1000
Hi Haden,
This scripting task is not nearly as straightforward as it first might seem,
so I would recommend the skim reading method already suggested.
Indeed, until it was recommended, I was unaware of skim reading's
potential, & thank the Count for pointing it out.
Now a little about the problem of scripting the task.
The first parameter of the StringContains function is a string that already
contains all the text to be searched. Namely, you need to have loaded the
text from the file into a string variable. That can be done, but is a bit
involved to automate.
You could highlight the text in the file & copy it to the clipboard, then
use the GetTextFromClipboard function to place it in the string.
The other issue is that StringContains only locates the first instance of
the text you are searching for. It is not intended, or able to count the
instances.
I am not aware of a function that will do that counting for you.
There a couple of ways that such a function may be constructed, but they
would be somewhat involved.
Regards,
Paul from Aust
----- Original Message -----
From: "Haden Pike" <haden.pike@xxxxxxxxx>
Hi list. Sorry for the unhelpful subject line but I couldn't think of a good
subject line. Anyway, I am having some trouble with a script. The script is
below and my problems follows.
Script NumberOfStringOccurances ()
; calculates the number of occurances for the given string
var
String SOccuranceString,
Int INumber
let INumber = 0
InputBox ("Find number of occurances of what:", "String Occurance",
SOccuranceString)
If (StringContains (SOccuranceString )) then
let INumber = INumber+1
EndIf
EndScript
Now, as you know string contains requires 2 parameters. The first is the one
I don't know about. How can I make it search the entire file. Is there
another function I should use instead. This script, as you probably figured
out from the comment and the title of the script, displays the number of
occurances of a string in a file. Thanks for any help.
Haden Pike
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