Find Text In Entries

Example

Find Text in Entries

This example script will prompt for a search term, then search all text entries in the currently selected archive for the term. Matches are logged to the console.

-- Function to find the line number of [position] in [text]
function LineNum(text, position)
   local line = 1
   for i = 1, position do
      if text:sub(i, i) == "\n" then
         line = line + 1
      end
   end
   return line
end

-- Function to find [term] in text [entry]
function FindTerm(entry, term)
   -- Get entry text and search term as uppercase to make the search case-insensitive
   local text = string.upper(entry.data:AsString())
   local termUpper = string.upper(term)

   -- Search text
   local wordEnd = 1
   while true do
      i, wordEnd = text:find(termUpper, wordEnd)
      if i == nil then break end
      App.LogMessage('Text "' .. term .. '" found in ' .. entry:FormattedName() .. " on line " .. LineNum(text, i))
   end
end

-- Prompt for search term
local search = UI.PromptString("Find Text In Entries", "Enter text to find in all entries", "")

-- Check the entered search term is long enough
if string.len(search) < 2 then
   App.LogMessage("Search text too short, must be atleast 2 characters")
   return
end

-- Go through all entries in the currently selected archive
for _, entry in ipairs(App.CurrentArchive().entries) do
   -- Do search if the entry is opened in the text editor
   if entry.type.editor == "text" then
      FindTerm(entry, search)
   end
end