Multiple number change - old to new - CC version

Question

Hi all,
Can anyone help me out with the following:
I got a document which have got around 200 article numbers which need be changed from the old number to a new number, desciption, image etc will not change. I got an Excel list which got the old code in A1 and the new code in B1.
Instead of changing all the codes by hand one by one, i would like to know if it is possible as a mass change.
Thanks i advanced
Best regards,
Phillip

Answer 1

Hi,
So your script could look like:
var myFilePath = "~/Desktop/oldnew.txt",
myDoc = app.activeDocument,
mySource = myDoc.textFrames.add(),
mySource.place(File(myFilePath) );
var myStory = mySource.parentStory,
mTextArr = [],
paras = myStory.paragraphs.everyItem().getElements(),
myStyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.item("articlenumber"),
currCont, k;
for (k = 0; k<paras.length; k++) {
          currCont = paras[k].contents;
          if (currCont !="" && currCont.indexOf("\t") > 0)
          mTextArr.push(currCont.split("\t"));
for (k = 0; k < mTextArr.length; k ++)
          myReplace(myStyle, mTextArr[k][0], mTextArr[k][1]);
mySource.remove();
app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = null;
function myReplace(style, find, change) {
          app.findTextPreferences = app.changeTextPreferences = null;
          app.findChangeTextOptions.wholeWord = true;
          with (app.findTextPreferences) {
                    appliedParagraphStyle = style;
                    findWhat = find;
          app.changeTextPreferences.changeTo = change;
          myDoc.changeText();
Assumings:
- oldnew.txt path is Desktop or to modify;
- txt line is oldnumber - tab - newnumber - enter
- there is a para style "articlenumber" defined and applied to each old number to be changed
Jarek