Hi jgaltUSA,

> On 20 Feb 2015, at 9:50 , jgaltUSA <jgaltUSA@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am a newbie to textmate and I am trying to perform a find and replace. I want to replace the matched text with a sequential number.
>
> Here is my current replacement string: $1##$2
>
> How can I replace the ## with a sequential number?

I do not think that what you want is possible using only regular expressions and “Find & Replace”. It is possible and not to complex using a programming language. The following code does what you want:

#!/usr/bin/env python

from re import compile
from sys import stdin, stdout

regex = compile(
"""(<PortalOBj portalFlags="16" numbOfRows="1" initialRow=")\d+(">)""")
index = 16

def create_subtitute_function():
def substitute(match):
global index
replacement = "{}{}{}".format(match.group(1), index, match.group(2))
index += 1
return replacement

return substitute

text = regex.sub(create_subtitute_function(), stdin.read())
stdout.write(text)

I attached a bundle which contains a command that uses the above code. To install the bundle just double click it. You can apply the substitution on some text by pressing the key combination “^⌥⌘R”. Since the above is my code I would be careful when you use the command though :).

> For example, I want the first sequential number to be 16.
>
> Here is a screen capture:
>
> Thanks!

Kind regards,
René

P.S.: You can create a screenshot of a single window by using the key combination “⇧⌘4”. After that just hit “Space” and a click on the window you would like to make a screenshot of. This way you do not need to crop the picture.

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