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Add Prefix & Suffix to an array in sourceText
I’ve got a comp where a user enters the following data into a Text Layer – up to 20 different values are allowed.
The following is an example of how the text is formatted:
[ 211 , 251 , 230 , 231 , 155 , 140 , 70 , 214 , 190 , 262 , 210 ]In another comp, using a single Text Layer with multiple Range Selectors, I have been able to parse each number and place each number in different places in the comp.
I would now like the user to be able to add a Prefix and Suffix. These can be typed in another Comp, in another Text Layer. I would like these to be automatically positioned at the front and back of each number.
Is this possible with a single Text Layer? And if it’s possible,
what’s the Expressions to achieve this?TIA
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Hmm, I’m not sure how to solve this particular problem, but when I work with SourceText I find you can add strings.
Example, I can use a Slider to control a number representing a %, and I need that symbol at the end and the digits within square brackets. I can do it like this:"["+Math.floor(effect("Slider Control")("Slider"))+"]%"This method doesn’t always work, as I found without the “Math.floor” rounding off the slider the expression doesn’t work, but hopefully it should help with your case, as you can replace the slider reference with a reference to another text layer.
Hope it helped 🙂
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Yeah!! that worked for me, I only had to delete the… [] and that was it. Thanks!
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