Need help with JXA script in smart rule

DEVONthink Automation
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Trying to remove empty sections of daily notes via smart rule. Getting error on the last line.

Just started to experiment with JXA. Could someone help?

performsmartrule = records => {
    records.forEach(r => {
var str = r.plainText();

const reg = /(## Reading\n\n)|(## Health\n\n)|(## Reading Log\n\n)|(## Listening Log\n\n)|(## Log\n\n)|(## Activity\n\n)/g;
const newStr = str.replace(reg, "");
newText = newStr;
r.plainText = newText;
}
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You may want to look at @chrillek’s site on JXA for DT - to be found here.

Amongst other things, you appear never to close the for.each(, so the penultimate line should be }). But if you check the site referenced above you will see that Christian uses this basic format for JXA in smart rules:

  function performsmartrule(records) {
    const app = Application("DEVONthink 3");
    records.forEach(r => {
    /* do something with the records matching the
       smart rule's condition */
    })
  }
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Thank you! Now it works.

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In addition to the helpful comments by @Blanc:

You could put the script in script editor (setting the language selector to JavaScript) and have it compile there. Then you’ll see syntax errors like yours immediately.

In addition: the capturing groups in your RE are not needed, and you might want to move the ## out of the alternation.

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