Re: increment existing numbers by 1

On Monday, December 31, 2012 9:23:43 PM UTC-6, Jack Gates wrote:
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> You have to use normal to execute normal mode commands in command mode:
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> :g/searchString/ normal ^A
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> Note that you have to press Ctrl-V Ctrl-A to get the ^A character.
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> I have
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> :s@\d\+@\=submatch(0) +1@g
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> to do what I want.
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> But can CTRL-A or ^A be used in a :s@search@replace@g command? I
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> haven't found anything that shows that it can be used that way. I saw
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> in :help that it can be used in a macro. It seems if it could be used
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> in a single line search with global replacement at the command line
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> then it could also be used in a map.
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I think it should be possible to use in an s command using the expression register and a function wrapping the normal command. But I think the solution you used with submatch() is much better.

It can certainly be used in a mapping as well, where <C-A> is a better notation than a literal ^A character, but either will work. Just remember CTRL-A is a *normal mode* command, and therefore cannot be used directly from the command-line, where your :s command is executed.

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