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Syntax error where there none?
I’m revising a bunch of expressions to change the duration of a comp from 5 seconds to 10.
I have a slider control named “5 sec loop” I duplicated it and changed the name to “10 sec loop”, then I used pt_ExpressEdit to change all the expressions at once.All of them were disabled, however if I use the pickwhip to relink the property to the new slider it works ok, the text is exactly the same except for the 10 second bit, when I drag the pickwhip nothing changes in the selected text but the expression is enabled again.
It’s not a huge deal as I can manually update all my expressions, but it sort of defeats the purpose of a script like pt_ExpressEdit
The offending expression is shown below.
Any ideas?
L=thisComp.layer("xp").effect(“10 sec loop")("Slider")
time*L; -
6 Replies
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The first line has a curly quote on the left side of 10 sec loop.
Dan
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Thanks Dan,
Unfortunately that does not solve the issue. I just made a test to check for that.
The ExpressEdit script changes the quote marks automatically even if I do not touch them, I entered 5 sec loop without quotes and set it to replace it for 10 sec loop, also without the quote marks.The quotes right next to the number changed automatically to the curly ones and all the expressions were disabled, however when I went and changed the quotes back to plain ones the expressions remained disabled, even after I manually changed the quote marks back to plain.
Best,
D.L=thisComp.layer("xp").effect("10 sec loop")("Slider");
time*L; -
What’s the error message when you click on one of the little warning signs next to the expression?
Dan
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Syntax error.
That’s all it says.
Best,
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I don’t know. I just pasted your expression into AE and I don’t get any errors. Strange.
Dan
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Yes, very weird. I ended up replacing the curly quotation marks with pain ones manually.
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