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function myReadPMTags(myStory){
var myName, myString, myStyle, myStyleName;
var myDocument = app.documents.item(0);
//Reset the findGrepPreferences to ensure that previous settings
//do not affect the search.
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
//Find the tags (since this is a JavaScript string,
//the backslashes must be escaped).
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "[^A-Za-z0-9/.-]+";
var myFoundItems = myStory.findGrep();
if(myFoundItems.length != 0){
var myFoundTags = new Array;
for(var myCounter = 0; myCounter<myFoundItems.length; myCounter++){ myFoundTags.push(myFoundItems[myCounter].contents); } myFoundTags = myRemoveDuplicates(myFoundTags); //At this point, we have a list of tags to search for. for(myCounter = 0; myCounter < myFoundTags.length; myCounter++){ myString = myFoundTags[myCounter]; //Find the tag using findWhat. app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = myString; //Extract the style name from the tag. myStyleName = myString.substring(1, myString.length-1); //Create the style if it does not already exist. try{ myStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item(myStyleName); myName = myStyle.name; } catch (myError){ myStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.add({name:myStyleName}); } //Apply the style to each instance of the tag. app.changeTextPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = myStyle; myStory.changeText(); //Reset the changeTextPreferences. app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; //Set the changeTo to an empty string. app.changeTextPreferences.changeTo = ""; //Search to remove the tags. myStory.changeText(); //Reset the find/change preferences again. app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; } } //Reset the findGrepPreferences. app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; } function myRemoveDuplicates(myArray){ //Semi-clever method of removing duplicate array items; much faster //than comparing every item to every other item! var myNewArray = new Array; myArray = myArray.sort(); myNewArray.push(myArray[0]); if(myArray.length > 1){
for(var myCounter = 1; myCounter < myArray.length; myCounter ++){ if(myArray[myCounter] != myNewArray[myNewArray.length -1]){ myNewArray.push(myArray[myCounter]); } } } return myNewArray; }