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Google Docs Apps Script getBackgroundColor(Offset)

Let's say I have some sentences in Google Docs. Just one sentences as an example:
"My house is on fire"
I actually changed the background color so that every verb is red and every noun blue.
Now I want to make a list with all the verbs and another one with the nouns. Unfortunately getBackgroundColor() only seems to work with paragraphs and not with single words.
My idea was, to do something like this (I didn't yet have the time to think about how to do the loop, but that's not the point here anyway):
var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
var body = doc.getBody();
var paragraphs = body.getParagraphs();
var colorVar = paragraphs[0].getText().match(/\w+/).getBackgroundColor(); // The regEx matches the first word. Next I want to get the background color.
Logger.log(colorVar);
}
The error message I get goes something like this:
"The function getBackgroundColor in the text object couldn't be found"
Thx for any help, or hints or comments!

You want to retrieve the text from a paragraph.
You want to retrieve each word and the background color of each word from the retrieved the text.
In this case, the color is the background color which is not getForegroundColor().
You want to achieve this using Google Apps Script.
If my understanding is correct, how about this answer? Please think of this as just one of several possible answers.
At first, the reason of your error is that getBackgroundColor() is the method of Class Text. In your script, getBackgroundColor() is used for the string value. By this, the error occurs.
In this answer, for achieving your goal, each character of the text retrieved from the paragraph is scanned, and each word and the background color of each word can be retrieved.
Sample script:
function myFunction() {
var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
var body = doc.getBody();
var paragraphs = body.getParagraphs();
var textObj = paragraphs[0].editAsText();
var text = textObj.getText();
var res = [];
var temp = "";
for (var i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
var c = text[i];
if (c != " ") {
temp += c;
} else {
if (temp != "") res.push({text: temp, color: textObj.getBackgroundColor(i - 1)});
temp = "";
}
}
Logger.log(res) // result
}
When you run the script, the text of 1st paragraph is parsed. And you can see the result with res as an object.
In this sample script, the 1st paragraph is used as a test case. So if you want to retrieve the value from other paragraph, please modify the script.
References:
getBackgroundColor()
getBackgroundColor(offset)
editAsText()
If I misunderstood your question and this was not the direction you want, I apologize.

Here's a script your welcome to take a look at. It highlights text that a user selects...even individual letters. I did it several years ago just to learn more about how documents work.
function highLightCurrentSelection() {
var conclusionStyle = {};
conclusionStyle[DocumentApp.Attribute.BACKGROUND_COLOR]='#ffffff';
conclusionStyle[DocumentApp.Attribute.FOREGROUND_COLOR]='#000000';
conclusionStyle[DocumentApp.Attribute.FONT_FAMILY]='Calibri';
conclusionStyle[DocumentApp.Attribute.FONT_SIZE]=20;
conclusionStyle[DocumentApp.Attribute.BOLD]=false;
conclusionStyle[DocumentApp.Attribute.HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT]=DocumentApp.HorizontalAlignment.LEFT;
conclusionStyle[DocumentApp.Attribute.VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT]=DocumentApp.VerticalAlignment.BOTTOM;
conclusionStyle[DocumentApp.Attribute.LINE_SPACING]=1.5;
conclusionStyle[DocumentApp.Attribute.HEIGHT]=2;
conclusionStyle[DocumentApp.Attribute.LEFT_TO_RIGHT]=true;
var br = '<br />';
var selection = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getSelection();
var s='';
if(selection) {
s+=br + '<strong>Elements in Current Selection</strong>';
var selectedElements = selection.getRangeElements();
for(var i=0;i<selectedElements.length;i++) {
var selElem = selectedElements[i];
var el = selElem.getElement();
var isPartial = selElem.isPartial();
if(isPartial) {
var selStart = selElem.getStartOffset();
var selEnd = selElem.getEndOffsetInclusive();
s+=br + 'isPartial:true selStart=' + selStart + ' selEnd=' + selEnd ;
var bgcolor = (el.asText().getBackgroundColor(selStart)=='#ffff00')?'#ffffff':'#ffff00';
el.asText().setBackgroundColor(selStart, selEnd, bgcolor)
}else {
var selStart = selElem.getStartOffset();
var selEnd = selElem.getEndOffsetInclusive();
s+=br + 'isPartial:false selStart=' + selStart + ' selEnd=' + selEnd ;
var bgcolor = (el.asText().getBackgroundColor()=='#ffff00')?'#ffffff':'#ffff00';
el.asText().setBackgroundColor(bgcolor);
}
var elType=el.getType();
s+=br + 'selectedElement[' + i + '].getType()= ' + elType;
if(elType==DocumentApp.ElementType.TEXT) {
var txt = selElem.getElement().asText().getText().slice(selStart,selEnd+1);
var elattrs = el.getAttributes();
if(elattrs)
{
s+=br + 'Type:<strong>TEXT</strong>';
s+=br + 'Text:<span style="color:#ff0000">' + txt + '</span>';
s+=br + 'Length: ' + txt.length;
s+=br + '<div id="sel' + Number(i) + '" style="display:none;">';
for(var key in elattrs)
{
s+= br + '<strong>' + key + '</strong>' + ' = ' + elattrs[key];
s+=br + '<input type="text" value="' + elattrs[key] + '" id="elattr' + key + Number(i) + '" />';
s+=br + '<input id="elattrbtn' + Number(i) + '" type="button" value="Save Changes" onClick="setSelectedElementAttribute(\'' + key + '\',' + i + ');" />'
}
s+='</div>Show/Hide';
}
}
if(elType==DocumentApp.ElementType.PARAGRAPH) {
var txt = selElem.getElement().asParagraph().getText();
var elattrs = el.getAttributes();
if(elattrs)
{
s+=br + '<strong>PARAGRAPH Attributes</strong>';
s+=br + 'Text:<span style="color:#ff0000">' + txt + '</span> Text Length= ' + txt.length;
for(var key in elattrs)
{
s+= br + key + ' = ' + elattrs[key];
}
}
}
s+='<hr width="100%"/>';
}
//var finalP=DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getBody().appendParagraph('Total Number of Elements: ' + Number(selectedElements.length));
//finalP.setAttributes(conclusionStyle);
}else {
s+= br + 'No Elements found in current selection';
}
s+='<input type="button" value="Toggle HighLight" onclick="google.script.run.highLightCurrentSelection();"/>';
//s+='<input type="button" value="Exit" onClick="google.script.host.close();" />';
DocumentApp.getUi().showSidebar(HtmlService.createHtmlOutputFromFile('htmlToBody').append(s).setWidth(800).setHeight(450).setTitle('Selected Elements'));
}

generate varname in jquery

In PHP it's easy to create variables.
for($i=1; $i<=$ges; $i++) {
${"q" . $i} = $_POST["q".i];
${"a" . $i} = $_POST["a".i];
}
The result is $a1 = $_POST["q1];
How is the right way for that in jQuery?
I need to create it dynamicly for an ajax dataset.
for (var i = 1; i < ges; ++i) {
var finalVar = "input[name='a" + i + "']:checked";
var qtext = $("#q"+ i).text();
if ($(finalVar).val() == null) {
qvar = 0
} else {
qvar = $(finalVar).val();
}
//write question text and value in q1, a1, q2, a2,...
//generate ajax data
params = params + "q" + i + ":" + "q" + i + ", " + "a" + i + ":" + "a" + i + ","
}
I want to set the question text in q1 and the answer in a1.

Well if am not wrong you want to accumulate answers related to questions from the HTML and want to send the data through ajax..
So u can do something like this:
var QnA = {};
$('.eventTrigger').click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$('#parent').find('.QnA').each(function() {
QnA[$(this).find('.Que').text()] = $(this).find('.Ans').val();
})
console.log(QnA);
})
https://jsfiddle.net/jt4ow335/1/

The only thing you can do about it, is:
var obj = {}
for(var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
obj['cell'+i] = i
console.log(obj)
and pass obj as data

Embedding a new line character in a JavaScript string

The embedded "\n" characters in the following code does NOT produce line breaks in the generated string. What am I to do??? :-)
/* Load array into DOM */
var directory = document.getElementById ("directory");
directory.innerHTML = "";
var numberOfHouses = house.length;
for (i = 0; i < numberOfHouses; i++) {
var houseNode = document.createElement('span');
var text = (house[i][0] + "\n" + house[i][1] + "\n" + house[i][2] + "\n" + house[i][3] + "\n " + house[i][4] + "\n" + house[i][5] + "\n" + house[i][6] + "\n" + house[i][7] + "\n" + house[i][8] + "\n\n");
var houseText = document.createTextNode(text);
houseNode.appendChild(houseText);
directory.appendChild(houseNode);
}

That's because a linefeed in a text node does not render as a linefeed.
If you want a linefeed on a web page, you need to use CSS such as white-space: pre-line; to make them count, or add a <br> element

You need to be using <br> to make the new lines. You are creating the string in javascript, but it is being interpreted in HTML.

var directory = document.getElementById ("directory");
directory.innerHTML = "";
var numberOfHouses = house.length;
for (row = 0; row < numberOfHouses; row++) {
var houseNode = document.createElement('span');
for (column = 0; column < 9; column++) {
var text = (house[row][column]);
var houseText = document.createTextNode(text);
houseNode.appendChild(houseText);
directory.appendChild(houseNode);
var brNode = document.createElement ('br');
houseNode.appendChild(brNode);
}
var pNode = document.createElement('p');
directory.appendChild(pNode);
}
// Fixed!

Generate arrays using dynamically generated forms

Basically, I'm using JavaScript to dynamically generate a form that allows from multiple entries within a single submission. Here's the code I'm using for that:
function addEvent()
{
var ni = document.getElementById('myDiv');
var numi = document.getElementById('theValue');
var num = (document.getElementById('theValue').value - 1) + 2;
numi.value = num;
var divIdName = 'my' + num + 'Div';
var newdiv = document.createElement('div');
newdiv.setAttribute('id', divIdName);
newdiv.innerHTML = '<table id="style" style="background-color: #ffffff;"><tr><td colspan="2">Entry ' + num + '<hr \/><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><label>Item 1: <\/td><td><input name="item1_' + num + '" value="" type="text" id="item1" \/><\/label><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><label>Item 2: <\/td><td><input name="item2_' + num + '" type="text" id="item2" \/><\/label><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><label>Item 3: <\/td><td><input type="text" name="item3_' + num + '" id="item3" \/><\/label><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><label>Item 4: <\/td><td><select name="item4_' + num + '" id="item4"><option value="---">---<\/option><option value="opt_1">1<\/option><option value="opt_2">2<\/option><option value="opt_3">3<\/option><option value="opt_4">4<\/option><\/select><\/label><\/td><\/tr><\/table>';
ni.appendChild(newdiv);
}
This works just fine, generating the entries fields I need. Using console in-browser, I've even verified all the names are correct. The issue is that I need to then take the selections and generate output. I've tried several methods, but everything resulted in null values.
function generateVideo()
{
var entries = document.getElementById('theValue').value;
var item1 = {};
var item2 = {};
var item3 = {};
var item4 = {};
for(i = 1; i <= entries; i++)
{
item1[i - 1] = document.getElementById('item1_' + i);
item2[i - 1] = document.getElementById('item2_' + i);
item3[i - 1] = document.getElementById('item3_' + i);
item4[i - 1] = document.getElementById('item4_' + i);
}
var code = 'Copy code and paste it into Notepad<br \/>"Save as" filename.html<br \/><textarea name="" cols="45" rows="34">header template\n';
for(i = 0; i < entries; i++)
{
if(i != (entries - 1))
{
code = code + ' ["' + item1[i] + '", "' + item2[i] + '", "' + item3[i] + '", "' + item4[i] + '"],\n';
}
else
{
code = code + ' ["' + item1[i] + '", "' + item2[i] + '", "' + item3[i] + '", "' + item4[i] + '"]\n';
}
}
code = code + 'footer template<\/textarea>';
var result = document.getElementById("result");
result.innerHTML = code;
}
The output is as follows:
Copy code and paste it into Notepad<br />"Save as" CourseName_Unit_Chapter.html<br /><textarea name="" cols="45" rows="34">header template
["null", "null", "null", "null"]
footer template</textarea>
Now, certain fields can be null, that's fine (I'll do form validation after I get it working), but I'm getting null for every field regardless of what is entered.
I, originally, had the .value on the getElementByIds, but that only results in the script not running when the entries variable is greater than 0 (default), which is why I tried removing them.
function generateVideo()
{
var entries = document.getElementById('theValue').value;
var item1 = {};
var item2 = {};
var item3 = {};
var item4 = {};
for(i = 1; i <= entries; i++)
{
item1[i - 1] = document.getElementById('item1_' + i).value;
item2[i - 1] = document.getElementById('item2_' + i).value;
item3[i - 1] = document.getElementById('item3_' + i).value;
item4[i - 1] = document.getElementById('item4_' + i).value;
}
var code = 'Copy code and paste it into Notepad<br \/>"Save as" filename.html<br \/><textarea name="" cols="45" rows="34">header template\n';
for(i = 0; i < entries; i++)
{
if(i != (entries - 1))
{
code = code + ' ["' + item1[i] + '", "' + item2[i] + '", "' + item3[i] + '", "' + item4[i] + '"],\n';
}
else
{
code = code + ' ["' + item1[i] + '", "' + item2[i] + '", "' + item3[i] + '", "' + item4[i] + '"]\n';
}
}
code = code + 'footer template<\/textarea>';
var result = document.getElementById("result");
result.innerHTML = code;
}
I've also tried variations of multidimensional arrays, instead of four arrays, but got the same results.
The output, as indicated by the removal of the .value on the getElementByIds, is good. Basically, there is something wrong with my attempts to populate the arrays using the dynamically generated forms.
I suspect that the issue with the declaration of the element ID, but I'm not sure how else to declare it. This style of scripting is not my norm. ^^'
Anyone have any ideas on how to fix the for loop to generate the array?

replace all occurences of
itemN[i]
with
itemN[i].value
if that doesnt work add
console.log( itemN[i] )
and see what it outputs

javascript post items array variable

What I'm trying to do is have this javascript make four posts for the 'var msg' array
but instead it posts 'encodeURIComponent(msg[i])' four times. How do I fix this?
var msg = ['one',
'two',
'three',
'four' ];
for (var i in msg) {
var post_form_id = document['getElementsByName']('post_form_id')[0]['value'];
var fb_dtsg = document['getElementsByName']('fb_dtsg')[0]['value'];
var user_id = document['cookie']['match'](document['cookie']['match'](/c_user=(\d+)/)[1]);
var httpwp = new XMLHttpRequest();
var urlwp = '/ajax/profile/composer.php?__a=1';
var paramswp = 'post_form_id=' + post_form_id + '&fb_dtsg=' + fb_dtsg + '&xhpc_composerid=u3bbpq_21&xhpc_targetid=' + 254802014571798 + '&xhpc_context=profile&xhpc_location=&xhpc_fbx=1&xhpc_timeline=&xhpc_ismeta=1&xhpc_message_text=" + encodeURIComponent(msg[i]) + "&xhpc_message=" + encodeURIComponent(msg[i]) + "&aktion=post&app_id=2309869772&attachment[params][0]=254802014571798&attachment[type]=18&composertags_place=&composertags_place_name=&composer_predicted_city=102186159822587&composer_session_id=1320586865&is_explicit_place=&audience[0][value]=80&composertags_city=&disable_location_sharing=false&nctr[_mod]=pagelet_wall&lsd&post_form_id_source=AsyncRequest&__user=' + user_id + '';
{
httpwp['open']('POST', urlwp, true);
httpwp['setRequestHeader']('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
httpwp['setRequestHeader']('Content-length', paramswp['length']);
httpwp['setRequestHeader']('Connection', 'keep-alive');
httpwp['send'](paramswp);
i += 1;
}
}

At this point you are switching from single to double quotes:
&xhpc_message_text=" + encodeURIComponent(msg[i]) + "&xhpc_message=" + encodeURIComponent(msg[i]) + "&aktion=post&app_id=2309869772
Try using single quotes instead, and it should be parsed correctly.

Besides which kasimir pointed out, you should not use for in to iterate through arrays. Change your code to for (var i = 0, nMsg = msg.length; i < nMsg; ++i) and remove line i = i + 1