Kostas' question on cycling date abbreviations revisited
Back in Feb 2025 Kostas asked:
#1 - 2025-02-13 11:28 Kostas Posts: 2
Hello,
I have 50 filenames that I want to have the words Jan, Jun, Oct in this pattern/cycle.
The 1st will have Jan,
the 2nd Jun
the 3rd Oct
the 4th Jan
the 5th Jun and so on.
Can I do this w/o scripting?
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Back then it was create a .csv file in excel (or whatever) or use a script. The script was just a couple of lines, and no problem to use, but now thanks to Kim's inclusion of the relatively new <switch> tag (added Aug 2025, v4.14) the answer is a New Name method: with:
New name: <switch:Jan:Jun:Oct> <Name>
in whatever format you like.
Just a thought...
Best,
DF
#1 - 2025-02-13 11:28 Kostas Posts: 2
Hello,
I have 50 filenames that I want to have the words Jan, Jun, Oct in this pattern/cycle.
The 1st will have Jan,
the 2nd Jun
the 3rd Oct
the 4th Jan
the 5th Jun and so on.
Can I do this w/o scripting?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Back then it was create a .csv file in excel (or whatever) or use a script. The script was just a couple of lines, and no problem to use, but now thanks to Kim's inclusion of the relatively new <switch> tag (added Aug 2025, v4.14) the answer is a New Name method: with:
New name: <switch:Jan:Jun:Oct> <Name>
in whatever format you like.
Just a thought...
Best,
DF