Paragraph Mode

script

function numberParagraph(p, text){
	return p.toString().padStart(8) + " " + text
}

function getParagraphNumber(text){
	return parseInt(text.substring(1,8))
}

function getParagraphText(text){
	return text.substring(9)
}

function doSave(numberedParagraphs){
	textToSave=""
	paragraphCount = numberedParagraphs.length
	for(p = 0; p < paragraphCount; p++){
		textToSave += getParagraphText(numberedParagraphs[p])
		if(p < paragraphCount - 1){
			textToSave += "\n\n"
		}
	}
	
	draft.content = textToSave
}

function doApply(numberedParagraphs, selectedNumberedParagraphs, action){
	// Add action number and functions below
	switch(action){
	case 0:
		// Upper case
		doUpperCase(numberedParagraphs, selectedNumberedParagraphs)
		break

	case 1:
		// Lower case
		doLowerCase(numberedParagraphs, selectedNumberedParagraphs)
		break

	case 2:
		// Bulleted list with asterisk
		doMakeListItem(numberedParagraphs, selectedNumberedParagraphs,"* ")
		break
	
	case 3:
		// Numbered list
		doMakeListItem(numberedParagraphs, selectedNumberedParagraphs,"1. ")
		break

	}
}

function doUpperCase(numberedParagraphs, selectedNumberedParagraphs){
	selectedCount=selectedNumberedParagraphs.length
	for(p = 0; p < selectedCount; p++){
		paragraphNumber = getParagraphNumber(selectedNumberedParagraphs[p])
		numberedParagraphs[paragraphNumber] = numberedParagraphs[paragraphNumber].toUpperCase()
	}
}

function doLowerCase(numberedParagraphs, selectedNumberedParagraphs){
	selectedCount=selectedNumberedParagraphs.length
	for(p = 0; p < selectedCount; p++){
		paragraphNumber = getParagraphNumber(selectedNumberedParagraphs[p])
		numberedParagraphs[paragraphNumber] = numberedParagraphs[paragraphNumber].toLowerCase()
	}
}

function doMakeListItem(numberedParagraphs, selectedNumberedParagraphs,marker){
	selectedCount=selectedNumberedParagraphs.length
	for(p = 0; p < selectedCount; p++){
		paragraphNumber = getParagraphNumber(selectedNumberedParagraphs[p])
		numberedParagraphs[paragraphNumber] = numberParagraph(paragraphNumber,marker + getParagraphText(numberedParagraphs[paragraphNumber]))
	}
}


draftContents = draft.content

paragraphs = draftContents.split("\n\n")

paragraphCount = paragraphs.length

// Create array of paragraphs' text, with line number prepended to each item
numberedParagraphs = []
for(p = 0; p < paragraphCount; p++){
	numberedParagraphs[p] = numberParagraph(p, paragraphs[p])
}

actions = ["Upper Case", "Lower Case", "Bullet With *","Numbered List"]

keepGoing = true

while(keepGoing){

	p = Prompt.create()

	p.title = "Run Paragraph-Level Actions"

	p.addButton("Apply")
	p.addButton("Save")

	p.message = "Select paragraphs and an action. 'Apply' runs the action. 'Save' updates the draft. 'Cancel' cancels."
	
	p.addSelect("paragraphs", "", numberedParagraphs, [], true)
	
	p.addPicker("actions", "", [actions])
		
	if(p.show()){
		// Didn't press cancel
		switch(p.buttonPressed){
		case "Save":
			doSave(numberedParagraphs)

			keepGoing = false

			break;
		
		case "Apply":
			doApply(numberedParagraphs, p.fieldValues["paragraphs"], p.fieldValues["actions"][0])
		
			keepGoing = true

			break;
		
		}
	}else{
		// Cancel pressed
		keepGoing = false
	}
}