How to loop through current selection

[NandoC]

Hi I just started doing some work with Xmetal 7.0 and I am wondering how i can loop through the current selection and insert an element to each of the nodes that have been selected.

example:
fordtoyota has been highlighted

And let's say we want to underline what was selected to

fordtoyota

Thanks

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[Derek Read]

Here's one possibility among many.

//XMetaL Script Language JScript:
var rng = ActiveDocument.Range;
var targetElem = “car”;
var insertElem = “u”;
while(rng.MoveToElement(targetElem)) {
rng.SelectContainerContents();
rng.Surround(insertElem);
}

Depending on your actual needs, the full content of your documents, and the starting position for the Selection, that code may either be a good or bad way to solve your issue. Without knowing the full details I cannot say. I suspect that you will find it needs to at least be extended to cover cases that you have not anticipated.

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[NandoC]

Thanks Derek, that worked.

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