On Mar 1, 2010, at 9:32 AM, Doug Schepers wrote:
My text editor of choice on Windows was TextPad, and it supported a handy way to insert sequential numbers for "replace all" operations. This was useful, for example, when inserting line numbers, creating unique ids, etc.
I don't know if the syntax was unique to TextPad, or if it is part of some standard regex syntax, but it was pretty simple and effective:
\i(<start_index>,<increment>)
\i Replace with numbers starting from 1, incrementing by 1. \i(10) Replace with numbers starting from 10, incrementing by 1. \i(0,10) Replace with numbers starting from 0, incrementing by 10. \i(100,-10) Replace with numbers starting from 100, decrementing by -10.
Any chance this (or something similar) could be added to TextMate?
Hi Doug,
for such cases I use this tmcommand: Input: selection or document Ouptut: new doc Command: #!/usr/bin/perl -w #!/usr/bin/perl -w
$cnt=1; $inc=1;
while(<>) { if(m/^\i((\d+)\s*,\s*(\d+))$/) { $cnt=$1; $inc=$2; next; } while(s/\i/$cnt/) {$cnt+=$inc;} print; } Example text: Hello, this is a test. \i(2,5) Here my \i. item followed by item \i. Furthermore here is my \i. item.
Then you get: Hello, this is a test. Here my 2. item followed by item 7. Furthermore here is my 12. item.
If you do not set up \i(a,b) it simply starts at 1 incremented by 1.
Hopefully it helps.
--Hans