search and apply two paragraph styles using GREP

hi all,

 

i trying find , apply 2 paragraph styles within 1 stroke using script

 

<chout>chapter outline  1.1 breif history 1.2 characteristics of beverages 1.3 classification of beverages 1.3.1 non-alcoholic beverages 1.3.2 alcoholic beverages</chout> 

 

i using below script apply style. not work please me..

 

app.findgreppreferences = nothingenum.nothing;  app.changegreppreferences= nothingenum.nothing;  app.findgreppreferences.findwhat= "<chout>(.*?)<\/chout>";  myresults=app.activedocument.findgrep(); (i = 0; <= myresults.length - 1; i++)  {  myresults[i].appliedparagraphstyle = app.activedocument.paragraphstyles.item("bl_f");            myresults[i].paragraphs[0].appliedparagraphstyle = "bl_f"; } //app.changetext(undefined, false, false, undefined,{},{}); 

 

thanks

karthik

the dot (.) doesn't match returns (\r) @ end of each line. add (?s) in front of expression. there's no need parentheses (they make expression less efficient), , can use .+ (one or more) instead of .* (zero or more) -- unless of course want match 0 characters between tags. use expression:

 

"(?s)<chout>.+?<\/chout>"

 

peter

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