I have no words to describe to you how grateful I am for this post. I managed to stumble across it (eventually), and it showed me how to solve almost all the issues I was having. A little Googling and I solved everything else.
I’m sitting here around 3am, which should tell you something already about how much this has been festering in my brain.
The getMatches() function was a godsend, because I could not get non-capturing groups, or lookbehinds, to work.
Here’s what I ended up using for my purposes (slightly edited), thanks to you and Google:
function run() {
'use strict';
var _kme = Application("Keyboard Maestro Engine");
var _prefix = _kme.getvariable("thePrefix");
var _string = _kme.getvariable("theSource");
var _re = new RegExp("([>%])(" + _prefix + "[^<%>=+-/\.&]*)", "gm");
var _matches = getMatches(_string, _re, 2).filter(onlyUnique).sort().join("\n");
return _matches;
function getMatches(string, regex, groupIndex) {
var _matches = [];
var _match;
while (_match = regex.exec(string)) {
_matches.push(_match[groupIndex].trim());
}
return _matches;
}
function onlyUnique(value, index, self) {
return self.indexOf(value) === index;
}
}
Again, seriously undying gratitude!
This example macro and the fabulously clear documentation within it has provided an eleventh-hour rescue from utter and certain disgrace in the eyes of my peers. Thank you so very much!
at the top right of the Action, and select "Help"
