How to return a single number from a number of conditions

2020-10-19 22:25:01.879Z

Hi there, i'm stuck again. My coding inexperience showing here once more.

Here's a code i'm working on. Happy that all the parts perform as expected but i'm struggling to take it on to the next level as I don't know how to script the outcome i'm after. What i'd like to happen is have a single number extracted from a clipname and have SoundFlow paste the clip on a track name that matches the extracted number.

Ie, based on the code below... I want a set of commands that perform, if the number slateLast = 1, copy clip to track "slate 1", if number slateLast = 2, copy clip to track "slate 2" and so on.

In total I have 10 tracks finishing with slateLast = 0, copy to track "slate 10".

I've reached the stage where I know what I want it to do, i just don't know what the script code would be.

Any help greatly received!

Thanks in advance.

Iain

sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();

//Make sure we have no search in Clips list - if we had, Clip Rename won't work (Pro Tools bug)
sf.keyboard.press({ keys: 'cmd+shift+d' });

//Clip Clip->Rename...
sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ['Clip', 'Rename...'] });

//Wait for 'Name' dialog to come up, assign the dialog to dlg variable
var dlg = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is('Name').first.elementWaitFor({}, 'Could not find "Name" dialog').element;

//Find the first text field
var textField = dlg.groups.whoseTitle.is('Name').first.textFields.first;

//Get the current Name
var clipName = textField.value.value;

//Close Window
dlg.buttons.whoseTitle.is('Cancel').first.elementClick();

//Wait for the dialog to close
dlg.elementWaitFor({ waitForNoElement: true });

//Extract slateNumber
var str = clipName;
var slateNumber = str.split("T")[0];

//Extract last number of slateNumber
var str = slateNumber;
var slateLast = str.slice(-1);

if (slateLast === "5") {
    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({
        menuPath: ["Edit", "Copy"],
    });

    sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
        names: ["slate 5"],
    });

    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({
        menuPath: ["Edit", "Paste"],
    });

} else { alert("Sorry slate is not ending in 5") };

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Christian Scheuer @chrscheuer

SoundFlow Team

2020-10-19 23:32:48.654Z

Hi Iain,

Try this:

function getClipName() {
    //Make sure we have no search in Clips list - if we had, Clip Rename won't work (Pro Tools bug)
    sf.keyboard.press({ keys: 'cmd+shift+d' });

    //Clip Clip->Rename...
    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({ menuPath: ['Clip', 'Rename...'] });

    //Wait for 'Name' dialog to come up, assign the dialog to dlg variable
    var dlg = sf.ui.proTools.windows.whoseTitle.is('Name').first.elementWaitFor({}, 'Could not find "Name" dialog').element;

    //Find the first text field
    var textField = dlg.groups.whoseTitle.is('Name').first.textFields.first;

    //Get the current Name
    var clipName = textField.value.value;

    //Close Window
    dlg.buttons.whoseTitle.is('Cancel').first.elementClick();

    //Wait for the dialog to close
    dlg.elementWaitFor({ waitForNoElement: true });

    return clipName;
}

function getSlateNumberWithoutLeadingZeroes() {
    //Extract slateNumber
    var str = getClipName();
    var slateNumber = str.split("T")[0];

    //Strip 0's from start of slateNumber
    return slateNumber.replace(/^0+/, '');
}

function main() {

    sf.ui.proTools.appActivateMainWindow();

    let slateNumber = getSlateNumberWithoutLeadingZeroes();

    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({
        menuPath: ["Edit", "Copy"],
    });

    sf.ui.proTools.trackSelectByName({
        names: ["Slate " + slateNumber],
    });

    sf.ui.proTools.menuClick({
        menuPath: ["Edit", "Paste"],
    });

}

main();

Note I capitalized the reference to the "Slate 1", "Slate 2" track(s)

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