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getting an expression from a text layer (source text)…?
I was wondering if I wrote an expression in a text layer (the source text, that is), if I could make another layer use the string within it? I tried through the pick whip but that didn’t work.
For example let’s just say the text layer source text string is:
[10,10];then on another layer I want the position property expression to use the source text string…what would that expression be? TIA.
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The code is going to depend a lot on the format of the text, but for your example something like this should do the trick:
eval(“s=” + thisComp.layer(“Text Layer”).text.sourceText);
Dan
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In case you want to use your numbers in calculations, you may also want to use parseInt() and parseFloat().
Mylenium
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wow thanks, that helped me quite a bit…if I could up the complexity, would there be a way so I could make different expressions grab from different lines of the source text? Or is that just too complex?
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