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• • August 9, 2010 at 2:04 pm #56622
    MartinDoersch

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    Hi,

    do someone know a script or so to count all words of an indesign book.

    I'm thinking of a GREP search, but the method should be nice and understanding for a “non-indesign-pro”. And with a GREP search you can damage a lot, if you don't use it appropriate.

    If someone knows a script or a bullet proof method for a GREP search string, please let me know.

    Martin

  • August 18, 2010 at 12:24 am #56723
    MartinDoersch

    Member

    My solution for now is the following:

    GREP search:

    • search for: b.+?s (description: wordBoundary anyCharacter oneOrMoreTimes(ShortestFit) anySpaceCharacter)
    • change to: $0 (description: replaceWithFound)
    • search in: all documents (description: InDesign searches in all opened documents)

    IMPORTANT:

    • Save before searching and close your document after you have performed the search; so you will not save any corrupt files.
    • Watch out that you don't search and replace any formatting.
    • If you do something wrong (e.g. insert one different character) you can kill you document(s) – but you can undo the search with cmd+z.

  • August 18, 2010 at 1:54 am #56725
    Theunis De Jong

    Member

    Counting words is a sort of Black Art: What is a Word?

    This script will open all of the documents in your book, count the words according to 2 different methods (I'm sure other scripters will find more ways), then display the results. Then choose which number to believe

    //DESCRIPTION:Count Words Per Book
    // A Jongware Script 18-Aug-2010
    book = app.activeBook;
    words_a = 0;
    words_b = 0;

    for (var d=0; d<book.bookContents.length; d++)
    {
    doc = app.open (book.bookContents[d].fullName);
    words_a += countWords_a (doc);
    words_b += countWords_b (doc);
    doc.close(SaveOptions.NO);
    }
    alert (“Number of words: “+words_a+”rOr possibly: “+words_b);

    function countWords_a (aDoc)
    {
    var w = aDoc.stories.everyItem().words.length;
    return w;
    }

    function countWords_b (aDoc)
    {
    app.findGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = “\w+”;
    var w = aDoc.findGrep().length;
    return w;
    }

  • August 18, 2010 at 2:29 am #56728
    MartinDoersch

    Member

    Wow, thats a lot more secure way, thanks.

    Is it possible to change the code to all current opened documents, and kick the book feature out.

    So you have the possibility to count the documents you want to.

  • August 18, 2010 at 2:55 am #56729
    Theunis De Jong

    Member

    Sure. Change the loop from

    for (var d=0; d<book.bookContents.length; d++)
    {
    doc = app.open (book.bookContents[d].fullName);
    words_a += countWords_a (doc);
    words_b += countWords_b (doc);
    doc.close(SaveOptions.NO);
    }

    to

    for (var d=0; d<app.documents.length; d++)
    {
    doc = app.documents[d];
    words_a += countWords_a (doc);
    words_b += countWords_b (doc);
    }

  • August 18, 2010 at 3:14 am #56730
    MartinDoersch

    Member

    Yes, thats it. Thanks a lot!

    The final code:

    //DESCRIPTION:Count Words of Opened Documents

    // A Jongware Script 18-Aug-2010

    words_a = 0;

    words_b = 0;

    //loop

    for (var d=0; d<app.documents.length; d++)

    {

    doc = app.documents[d];

    words_a += countWords_a (doc);

    words_b += countWords_b (doc);

    }

    //alert message

    alert (“Number of words: “+words_a+”rOr possibly (by GREP): “+words_b);

    //word count function a

    function countWords_a (aDoc)

    {

    var w = aDoc.stories.everyItem().words.length;

    return w;

    }

    //word count function b

    function countWords_b (aDoc)

    {

    app.findGrepPreferences = null;

    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = “w+”;

    var w = aDoc.findGrep().length;

    return w;

    }

  • October 13, 2012 at 9:47 am #63350
    hguhgu

    Member

    It works absolutely fine. Thank you very much. How would a script for counting charters in an open document look like :-)

    Henrik

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