This is a mirror of http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1199

This is a great (I think) improvement of the plugin increment.vim made by William Natter (natter at magma.ca) (vimscript #842).

I tried to contact William, but his mailbox does not exist... So here it goes.

As William wrote: "This is a handy plugin that makes easy replacing your favorite pattern ("@" by default) with a sequence of incremented values using the "Inc" command. "

Besides what the original script can do, it has two new features: a) Now you are able to search for a pattern and replace the Nth word from the beginning of the line with the incremental number. b) And also you can get a confirmation message before change.

The help file is also greatly improved.

Here is an example:

   You have: (beginning with spaces only)
       ----- cut -----
               LMsgInstall6 = 7; // @
             LMsgInstall7 = 8;   // @
           LMsgInstall8 = 9;     // @

           {STANDALONE}
           LErrConnectionStandAlone1 = 10; //THIS
           LErrConnectionStandAlone3 = 7; //THIS
           LErrConnectionStandAlone5 = 12; //THIS
       {some text}
           LMsgExitConfirm = 30;
       ...
       ----- cut -----

   You do: (with confirmation) 
       :'<,'>Inc p^ *<[A-Za-z0-9_]*> = [0-9]* w3 i25 s100 c
                               (Note that I had to use tree "" before the "<" sign. Since Vim 7 the "<" and ">" have to be skiped by a "")

   You get:
       ----- cut -----
               LMsgInstall6 = 100; // @
             LMsgInstall7 = 125;   // @
           LMsgInstall8 = 150;     // @

           {STANDALONE}
           LErrConnectionStandAlone1 = 175; //THIS
           LErrConnectionStandAlone3 = 200; //THIS
           LErrConnectionStandAlone5 = 225; //THIS
       {some text}
           LMsgExitConfirm = 250;
       ...
       ----- cut -----

   Then you do: (without confirmation)
       :'<,'>Inc pTHIS w3 i3 s5

   You get:
       ----- cut -----
               LMsgInstall6 = 100; // @
             LMsgInstall7 = 125;   // @
           LMsgInstall8 = 150;     // @

           {STANDALONE}
           LErrConnectionStandAlone1 = 5; //THIS
           LErrConnectionStandAlone3 = 8; //THIS
           LErrConnectionStandAlone5 = 11; //THIS
       {some text}
           LMsgExitConfirm = 250;
       ...
       ----- cut -----

   Then you do: (without confirmation)
       :'<,'>Inc

   You get:
       ----- cut -----
               LMsgInstall6 = 100; // 0
             LMsgInstall7 = 125;   // 1
           LMsgInstall8 = 150;     // 2

           {STANDALONE}
           LErrConnectionStandAlone1 = 5; //THIS
           LErrConnectionStandAlone3 = 8; //THIS
           LErrConnectionStandAlone5 = 11; //THIS
       {some text}
           LMsgExitConfirm = 250;
       ...
       ----- cut -----

Hope it helps.

Keywords: Inc Increment increment increment.vimnumber numbers num replace substitute subst pattern regex