How Would I Get the Line Number of Selected Text in a Variable?

Questions & Suggestions
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Very helpful in seeing if our listing is in the SERPs of different google searches, thank you.
How would I get the line number of the text I'm looking for in the variable. GS__LinkList
ie. I'm looking for house-cleaning within the URL's that are returned, if that text is in one of the URL's I'd like to know what number line its on.
This way I can programmatically track the results monthly.
Thank you in advance.

Edit:
Apologies, I just realized I replied to your 'Macro Library' post.
Can you move this to a new post titled
Get line numbers of variable or something like that?

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I've revised my macro from the other topic to provide an example of what you are now asking for.

Example Output

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MACRO:   Get Selected URL and Line Number from List [Example]

--- VER: 2.0    2019-08-23 ---
Requires: KM 9+   macOS 10.11 (El Capitan)+
(Macro was written & tested using KM 9.0+ on macOS 10.14.5 (Mojave))

DOWNLOAD Macro File:

Get Selected URL and Line Number from List [Example].kmmacros
Note: This Macro was uploaded in a DISABLED state. You must enable before it can be triggered.

ReleaseNotes

Author.@JMichaelTX based on script by @ccstone

PURPOSE:

  • Get List of URLs (or MD Links) from Google Search Results
  • Works for FrontMost Browser

HOW TO USE:

  1. Do a Google Search in either Safari, Chrome, or Chrome-based Browser
  2. Trigger this macro

WHAT IT DOES:

  1. Scans the Google results, and returns one link per result
    • Each Line contains LineNumber«Link
  2. User is then prompted to select one line from results
  3. The Line# and Link are displayed

MACRO SETUP:

  1. Review the Actions in magena color, and change as desired
  • Local__Max_Links
  • Local__Return_Data
  1. IF Local__Return_Data is set to "MD", then it returns Markdown links
  • Default: URL
  • Markdown Format: [Link Text](URL)
  1. The max number of links returned is set by the Variable Local__Max_Links
  • Default: 10
  1. ADD the Actions you want to process the results (list of URLs)

TAGS: @XPath @Google @Chrome @Search @Links @JavaScript

USER SETTINGS:
• Any Action in magenta color is designed to be changed by end-user

REF:

ACTION COLOR CODES

• To facilitate the reading, customizing, and maintenance of this macro,
key Actions are colored as follows:
• GREEN -- Key Comments designed to highlight main sections of macro
• MAGENTA -- Actions designed to be customized by user
• YELLOW -- Primary Actions (usually the main purpose of the macro)
• ORANGE -- Actions that permanently destroy Varibles or Clipboards

REQUIRES:

(1) Keyboard Maestro Ver 7.2.1+
(2) Yosemite (10.10.5)+
(3) Safari or Google Chrome

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Thank you @JMichaelTX for your time.
I do get an error when running the macro. Although I have worked a bit revising your initial macro to create what is a good solution for me.
I periodically check our SERPs.
We have 2 different websites that I check for.
This macro will check the current results and show if either of those 2 sites are listed and their # position.
I know my macro could be done cleaner, and it's probably a bit rough around the edges but for now, it does exactly what I need it to do.
Could have never ever gotten to this point without your expert help and initial macro, so as always, many thank you's to you @JMichaelTX

[WEB] Get URLs from Google Search Results TK.kmmacros (36 KB)

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Can you please post a screenshot of the error.

You're welcome. Glad you got it working.

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I looked as best I could at your macro, not sure if I need to do anything to make it work.

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at this point I don't need it, but making it work would as always, help me learn.

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That error means that the Execute JavaScript did NOT find any results of the Google Search.
Did you first do a Google Search, and with that as the frontmost window, trigger the macro?

If you still can't resolve the error, change the Execute JavaScript Action to "display results in a window" so you can see what it returns. Copy/Screenshot that an post here.

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ok, I'm obviously missing the entire boat here, I apologize.
I downloaded a fresh macro from above.
I did a google search in safari.
I ran the script - it error'd out.
I changed the JavaScript action from 'save results to a variable' to 'display results in a window and it still error's.
As I said, I don't need this particular macro any longer, it was the complete basis for the macro I altered and now works for me.
But I don't need to make this work.
I appreciate your help.

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If you want to debug/fix my macro, then I'll need for you to show a screenshot of the JavaScript window when the error occurs.

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Search google for Yonkers House Cleaning
Run the macro - it does not display the results in a window - it returns nothing.
2019-08-26 12:47:16 Prompt With List failed with no result Macro “Get Selected URL and Line Number from List [Example]” cancelled (while executing Prompt With List “” from Variable “Local__URL_List”).

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