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NewWindowName ( name )

Generates a unique window name by appending -N to the window name.

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// NewWindowName ( name ) // // by Vaughan Bromfield // Version 1.0 // 8 March 2012 // // Returns a unique window name based on the text passed to the function. // // It attempts to use the same rules the FMP natively uses when duplicating windows: // If the window name already exists then " - n" is appended, where n≥2. // If the window name already has " - n" at the end then: // return the base window if it does not exist // else increment the number n. Case( IsEmpty( FilterValues( WindowNames( Get( FileName ) ) ; name ) ) ; name ; // name does not exist, return it and quit. PatternCount( name ; " - " ) > 0 and Exact( RightWords( name ; 1 ) ; GetAsNumber( RightWords( name ; 1 ) ) ) ; Let( [ window_list = WindowNames( Get( FileName ) ) ; suffix = " - " & RightWords( name ; 1 ) ; count = PatternCount( name ; suffix ) ; pos = Position( name ; suffix ; 1 ; count ) ; base = Left( name ; pos - 1 ) ] ; Case( IsEmpty( FilterValues( window_list ; base ) ) ; base ; // return the base window name NewWindowName( Left( name ; pos ) & "- " & GetAsNumber( RightWords( name ; 1 ) ) + 1 ) ) ) ; // end let NewWindowName( name & " - 2" ) // name exists but has no duplicates ) // end case Click to copy

NewWindowName ( name )

by Vaughan Bromfield
Version 1.0
8 March 2012

Returns a unique window name based on the text passed to the function.

It attempts to use the same rules the FMP natively uses when duplicating windows:

If the window name already exists then " - n" is appended, where n≥2.

If the window name already has " - n" at the end then:
return the base window if it does not exist
else increment the number n.

 

Comments

		unix, Japan Feb 1, 2016
You can use SerialIncrement ( name ; 1 ) for incrementing right most number part in text.

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