Re: Reverse multiple gps coordinates using AppleScript?

[Christopher Stone]

On Apr 26, 2013, at 13:02, Gregor Knell <grego...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There are over 15,000 lines that look similar to these:
> <coordinates>34.14135381,-118.23758366</coordinates>
> ...
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Hey Gregor,

You can use Applescript for such a task, but since this is basically a straightforward find/replace you could also use a regex in the find dialog — or for something more reusable a text filter.

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#! /usr/bin/env perl
use v5.12; use strict; use warnings;
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while (<>) {
if ( m{([[:blank:]]*<coordinates>)(\d+\.\d+)(,)(-?\d+\.\d+)(</coordinates>)}i) {
say "$1$4$3$2$5";
} else {
print;
}
}

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Save the above as a file in:

~/Library/Application Support/TextWrangler/Text Filters/

Run it from the menu: {Text} --> {Apply Text Filter} or assign it a keyboard shortcut.

Be sure and test on a COPY of your data.

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Best Regards,
Chris