Reply To: TOC and multiple identical entries

Kai, your GREP string only seems to work in sets of two and not when there are multiple instances.

Valentin, here’s the updated script that should work as expected. But be aware that it will not work when there’s a regular space between the entry and the number, only a tab is allowed. So make sure that all the entries have proper tabs before the number.

Please let me know if this does work.

app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Fix Duplicate TOC Entries");

function main() {
    var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
    cleanPrefs();
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "(.+?)sd+r(1sd+r)+";
    var foundText = myDoc.findGrep();
    for (var i = foundText.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
       var curEntry = foundText[i];
        app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "r(?=.)";
        app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = ",s";
        curEntry.changeGrep();
        app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "(?<=, )(.+?)t(?=d+)";
        app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "";
        curEntry.changeGrep();
        }      
    cleanPrefs();
    }

function cleanPrefs() {
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    }