Take array of numbers – change format/color of text in a sentence based on order

[Dan Ebberts]

You could add a Fill Color Animator to your sentence text, add an Expression Selector, delete the range selector, set the Based On property to Words, and then add an expression like this to the Expression Selector’s Amount property:


myNumbers = thisComp.layer("Numbers").text.sourceText.split(",");
myArray = [];
for (i = 0; i < myNumbers.length; i++){
myArray.push(parseInt(myNumbers[i],10));
}
gotOne = false;
for (i = 0; i < myArray.length; i++){
if (textIndex == myArray[i]){
gotOne = true;
break;
}
}
gotOne ? 100 : 0


Something like that.

Dan

[Kjetil Svendsen]

This solves my problem entirely. Thanks, Dan! 🙂

[Kjetil Svendsen]

What if I wanted to exclude characters from the words I am coloring?
For example, If I input a quote from someone and insert quotation marks before and after the sentence, and want to add a colour on the last word, excluding the quotation mark. Is there a way to do this?

[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

A possible solution (untested) would be to add zero-width spaces(unicode U+200B) between the quotation mark and the word and modify the index values to account for it. If AE recognizes those as spaces, that should work.

Kalleheikki Kannisto
Senior Graphic Designer

[Kjetil Svendsen]

Thanks, that’s a good idea.
For now I solved it by creating another Fill Colour and set it to look for the citation symbols and colour them white again.