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UniqueWindowName ( name )

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Let ( n = Right ( name ; Length ( name ) - Position ( name ; "-" ; -1 ; 1 ) ) ; //Get existing serial suffix, if present. Case ( not PatternCount ( "¶" & WindowNames & "¶" ; "¶" & name & "¶" ) ; name ; //Name is unique. Length ( n ) = Length ( Filter ( n ; " -0123456789" ) ) ; UniqueWindowName 2 ( SerialIncrement ( name ; 1 ) ) ; //Test next unique name. UniqueWindowName 2 ( name & " - 2" ) //First (default) unique name. ) ) /* UniqueWindowName ( name ) By Lewis Lorenz 5/28/2020 Starting with "name" parameter, returns a name unique to the list of WindowNames by appending the first non-existent sequential number to the name in the format " - #". This custom function is recursive. If you change its name, then change it's name in the code. Example: UniqueWindowName ( "Untitled" ) = "Untitled - 2" //Where a window named "Untitled" already exists. */ Click to copy

UniqueWindowName ( name )
By Lewis Lorenz
5/28/2020

Starting with "name" parameter, returns a name unique to the list of WindowNames by appending the first non-existent sequential number to the name in the format " - #".
This custom function is recursive. If you change its name, then change it's name in the code.

Example:
UniqueWindowName ( "Untitled" ) = "Unitled - 2" //Where a window named "Untitled" already exists.

 

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