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Inserting space before a capital letter
Hey all,
Bugger all expression knowledge relative to the rest of this forum, but here’s my question.
I’m using the below expression to deliver the comp name from “JobNumber_CompName”
I’m just wondering if it’s possible for an expression to see the capital letter (Specifically any after the C) and insert a space beforehand?
I know I could just add the space in the comp name, but for output purpose, I’d rather not.
Thanks in advance!
thisComp.name.split("_")[1] -
5 Replies
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I can’t tell if this is what you’re looking for, but maybe:
” ” + thisComp.name.split(“_”)[1];
Dan
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Thanks for the reply Dan,
Sorry I shouldv’e been more clear. My end goal is for the text to show “Comp Name” or whatever it would be named.
Basically looking for a Capital and inserting a space between. Ie. JobNumber32A_JobCalledBob, would return “Job Called Bob”
This doesn’t feel very possible but worth a shot.
Cheers
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Okay, little updated.
I’ve found I can accomplish it, if I separate the words by another “_” and use this expression
thisComp.name.split(“_”)[1]+(” “)+thisComp.name.split(“_”)[2]
Is there a way for the expression to look for the number of underscores, and array them as such?
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in regards to splitting based off capital letters, i found this thread on stack overflow:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7888238/javascript-split-string-on-uppercase-charactersand was able to make it work in AE with this expression:
myComp = thisComp.name.split("_")[1] ; myComp.match( /[A-Z][a-z]+|[0-9]+/g ).join(" ") ;Kevin Camp
Art Director
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You’re a legend Kevin. Works a charm.
Thank you!
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