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Text Analysis ID FC

fabiantheblind edited this page Oct 9, 2012 · 3 revisions

This is Text Analysis with the InDesign build in Find And Change Options.

    /*
    This is text analysis the InDesign way.
    It uses the InDesign Find And Change Options
    */
    main();
    function main(){
      // create doc, get page, add textframe
        var the_text_to_analyse = "Ich bin Blindtext. Von Geburt an.\r"+
        "Es hat lange gedauert, bis ich begriffen habe,\r"+
        "was es bedeutet, ein blinder Text zu sein:\r"+
        "Man macht keinen Sinn. Man wirkt hier und da aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen.\r"+
        "Oft wird man gar nicht erst gelesen.\r"+
        "Aber bin ich deshalb ein schlechter Text?\r"+
        "Ich weiß, dass ich nie die Chance haben werde im Stern zu erscheinen.\r"+
        "Aber bin ich darum weniger wichtig? Ich bin blind!\r"+
        "Aber ich bin gerne Text.\r"+
        "Und sollten Sie mich jetzt tatsächlich zu Ende lesen,\r"+
        "dann habe ich etwas geschafft, was den meisten 'normalen' Texten nicht gelingt.\r"+
        "Ich bin Blindtext. Von Geburt an.\r"+
        "Es hat lange gedauert, bis ich begriffen habe, was es bedeutet, ein blinder Text zu sein:\r"+
        "Man macht keinen Sinn. Man wirkt hier und da aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen.\r"+
        "Oft wird man gar nicht erst gelesen. Aber bin ich deshalb ein schlechter Text?\r"+
        "Ich weiß, dass ich nie die Chance haben werde im Stern zu erscheinen.\r"+
        "Aber bin ich darum weniger wichtig? Ich bin blind!\r"+
        "Aber ich bin gerne Text.\r"+
        "Und sollten Sie mich jetzt tatsächlich zu Ende lesen, dann habe ich etwas geschafft,\r"+
        "was den meisten 'normalen' Texten nicht gelingt. Ich bin Blindtext.";
    
      var doc = app.documents.add();
      var page = doc.pages[0];
      var docpref = doc.documentPreferences; // these are the prefs
    // some values
      var pw = 200; 
      var ph = 200;
      // set the doc size
     docpref.pageWidth = pw;
     docpref.pageHeight = ph;
    // make a textframe
      var tf = page.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[12.7,12.7,ph-12.7,pw-12.7]});
      
      // add some placeholder text
      tf.contents = the_text_to_analyse;
    
      /*
      It is important to empty the Find Chagne fields of the interface
      */
      app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; // now empty the find what field!!!thats important!!!
      app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; // empts the change to field!!!thats important!!!
      // some settings for FC
      app.findChangeTextOptions.includeFootnotes = true;
      app.findChangeTextOptions.includeHiddenLayers = false;
      app.findChangeTextOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = false;
      app.findChangeTextOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = true;
      app.findChangeTextOptions.includeMasterPages = true;
      
      // better like this
      // app.findChangeTextOptions.properties = {
      //     includeFootnotes : true,
      //     includeHiddenLayers : false,
      //     includeLockedLayersForFind : false,
      //     includeLockedStoriesForFind : true,
      //     includeMasterPages : true
      // };
    
    var result_list = new Array(); // this will hold our result
    /*
      loop the words
      we get the result and push it into an object
      than we remove all results so they dont get a double count
    */
      for(var i = 0; i < tf.words.length;i++){
          var a_single_word = tf.words[i].contents; // get the word for better handling
    
          app.findTextPreferences.findWhat = a_single_word; // fill in the serach term
          app.changeTextPreferences.changeTo = "";//after we counted the words we remove them
    
          var result = doc.findText(); // now execute the FC
    
          // we push the word and the count of it into an
          // JSON OBJECT
          result_list.push({
            "word":a_single_word,
            "count":result.length
          });
          doc.changeText();
          app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; // now empty the find what field!!!thats important!!!
          app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing; // empts the change to field!!!thats important!!!
      }; // end loop
    
    result_list.sort(compare); // this is deep JS stuff
    var word_num = result_list.length;
    // alert(result_list.toSource());
    
    // Give back the result in a nice fashion
    alert(
      "You have " + word_num +" words in your text.\n" +
      "The five top words are:\n"+
      "Number 5: "+ result_list[word_num - 5].word + " - " + result_list[word_num -5].count +"\n"+
      "Number 4: "+ result_list[word_num - 4].word + " - " + result_list[word_num -4].count +"\n"+
      "Number 3: "+ result_list[word_num - 3].word + " - " + result_list[word_num -3].count +"\n"+
      "Number 2: "+ result_list[word_num - 2].word + " - " + result_list[word_num -2].count +"\n"+
      "Number 1: "+ result_list[word_num - 1].word + " - " + result_list[word_num -1].count +"\n"+
      "Amazing. Isn't it?"
      );
    
    // you could just copy paste this alert into another file 
    // have a look how to include a file in here
    // https://github.com/fabiantheblind/auto-typo-adbe-id/wiki/Includes
    //  alert("var data = " + result_list.toSource());
    
    
    } // end main function
    
    
    
    // this is deep Javascript Stuff 
    // you can write your custom comparator 
    // read this Stackoverflow post
    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1129216/sorting-objects-in-an-array-by-a-field-value-in-javascript
    function compare(a,b) {
      if (a.count < b.count)
         return -1;
      if (a.count > b.count)
        return 1;
      return 0;
    }
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