Increment xx.xx or xx.xx.xx for Renaming

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I have a macro that uses javascript to try to increment a variable and add it to a copied name. Another macro sets the variable "FMScriptNameStart" So I have a bunch of scripts in FileMaker (not important) that I want to prefix correctly. I will set something like 10.01 in "FMScriptNameStart" and I will be on a script named something like "My First Script" and I want to result to be "10.01 My First Script" and then move down one script. I then can hit it again and get something like "10.02 My Second Script" when the next one was named "My Second Script"

CleanShot 2022-09-23 at 11.25.01@2x
CleanShot 2022-09-23 at 11.25.01@2x1380×2432 435 KB

Right now it is working except it is not incrementing. What am I missing?

In case you cant read the code or if you want to fix it I will include the javascript here:

//--- GET A REFERENCE TO THE KM ENGINE ---
var kme = Application("Keyboard Maestro Engine");

//--- GET A KM VARIABLE ---
var scriptStart = kme.getvariable('FMScriptNameStart');
var scriptName = kme.getvariable('scriptName');

//--- SET A KM VARIABLE ---
//    - Using explicit text
//kme.setvariable('My Other KM Var', { to: "Set by JXA" });

//    - Using a JavaScript Variable
var numbs = scriptStart.split(".");
if ( numbs.includes(3) ){
  // Set each piece of the xx.xx.xx to have zero padding
    result = numbs[0] + "." + numbs[1] + "." + numbs[2] + "." + (parseInt(numbs[3]) + 1).padStart(2, '0');
}else if( numbs.includes(2) ){
    result = numbs[0] + "." + numbs[1] + "." + (parseInt(numbs[2]) + 1).padStart(2, '0');
}else if( numbs.includes(1) ){
    result = numbs[0] + "." + (parseInt(numbs[1]) + 1).padStart(2, '0');
}else{
    result = (parseInt(numbs[0]) + "." + "01" );
}

scriptName = result + " " + scriptName;

kme.setvariable('scriptName', { to: scriptName });
2

What is the context of this ?

IP scanning ?

Is it really a KM-specific question ?

3

Just use a four-digit number in a KM variable, increment it by 1 each loop, and when it comes to renaming the file use two "Get Substring" actions:

Substrings Demo.kmmacros (4.6 KB)

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Substrings Demo
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Edit to add:

And for the regex fans:

Substrings Regex Demo.kmmacros (3.9 KB)

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Substrings Regex Demo
Substrings Regex Demo1304×1792 279 KB

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Here is the working javascript

//--- GET A REFERENCE TO THE KM ENGINE ---
var kme = Application("Keyboard Maestro Engine");

//--- GET A KM VARIABLE ---
var scriptStart = kme.getvariable('FMScriptNameStart');
var scriptName = kme.getvariable('scriptName');

var rgx = /^(\d{3})(\.\d{2})+ /i;
scriptName = scriptName.replace(rgx, '');

//--- SET A KM VARIABLE ---
//    - Using explicit text
//kme.setvariable('My Other KM Var', { to: "Set by JXA" });

//    - Using a JavaScript Variable
var numbs = scriptStart.split(".");
if ( numbs.length == 4 ) {
  // Set each piece of the xx.xx.xx to have zero padding
    result = numbs[0] + "." + numbs[1] + "." + numbs[2] + "." + String(parseInt(numbs[3]) + 1).padStart(2, '0');
}else if( numbs.length == 3 ) {
    result = numbs[0] + "." + numbs[1] + "." + String(parseInt(numbs[2]) + 1).padStart(2, '0');
}else if( numbs.length == 2 ) {
    result = numbs[0] + "." + String(parseInt(numbs[1]) + 1).padStart(2, '0');
}else if( numbs.length == 1 ) {
    result = String(parseInt(numbs[0]) + "." + "01" );
}
var scriptStart = kme.setvariable('FMScriptNameStart',{ to: result });

scriptName = result + " " + scriptName;
kme.setvariable('scriptName', { to: scriptName });

In case anyone else wants something like this