If Then Else (All conditions true with Regex OR) Macro (v10.2)

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If Then Else (All conditions true with Regex OR) Macro (v10.2)

If Then Else (All conditions true with Regex OR).kmmacros (6.2 KB)

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Shouldn't the If Then Else action be able to evaluate properly when "all of the following are true" even if there is a matched condition with an OR in the regex?

According to regex101: build, test, and debug regex I checked and the regex I'm using is correct. However, KM tends to disagree as it won't evaluate as expected unless it matches only 1 condition.

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So KM is particular regarding regex and I guess has it's own preference as to what is acceptable.

aif|aiff appears to work.

Surely I didn't see that one coming b/c the same expression works using the regex match in search and replace.

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Well, when I checked with regex101 I got this:

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which obviously wouldn’t work. I would’ve used what you ended up with in the end - but case insensitive - (?i)(aif|aiff)$

As an aside, if you’re going to do lots of file path splitting you might want to consider using the Split Path action which is a lot more concise. Read up in the wiki action:Split Path [Keyboard Maestro Wiki]

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Thanks, I do use the Split Path action quite a bit already. It's how I acquired the path, type extension and etc. in the macro example I provided.

More often I do a lot of array, lists and key value pair parsing so if I had more experience and exposure to AppleScript that'd probably be way more intuitive and cleaner for the bulk of the macros I'm creating; but since I don't I have to resort to KM's capabilities out of the box to get things up and running quickly.

I also search the forum library a lot for AS when available. I'll pick up the syntax usages eventually but just need to get things in place quickly right now.

Thanks for the recommendation

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Can't see a Split Path action there...

Maybe, maybe not - only you can say. Personally I have a lot of trouble getting my head around AppleScript so like you I do a lot of gathering from the forum here and the Internet generally when I need help on it. But it is worth persevering since you can augment what's possible with KM by a huge amount using AppleScript and JXA.

Anyway - good luck!