Adding at the number on the beginning of every line

[raizkie19]

Hello!
I need some help… I would like to add 100 on the beginning of every line with numbers…

501#
A bottle of potion made from grinded Red Herbs.

^0000CCType:^000000 Restorative
^0000CCHeal:^000000 45 ~ 65 HP
^0000CCWeight:^000000 7

502#
A bottle of potion made from grinded Red and Yellow Herbs.

^0000CCType:^000000 Restorative
^0000CCHeal:^000000 105 ~ 145 HP
^0000CCWeight:^000000 10

503#
A bottle of potion made from grinded Yellow Herbs.

^0000CCType:^000000 Restorative
^0000CCHeal:^000000 175 ~ 235 HP
^0000CCWeight:^000000 13

So it will be like:
100501#
100502#
100503#

Thanks in advance!

[guy038]

Hello @ryan-jay-alfonso and All,

Easy with regexes !

• Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + F )

• SEARCH (?-s)^(?=.+#)

• REPLACE 100

• Tick the Wrap around option, if necessary

• Select the Regular expression search mode

• Click on the Replace All button

Voila !

Notes :

• First, the in-line modifier (?-s) forces the regex engine to see each regex dot symbol as matching a single standard character ( not EOL ones )

• Then, it looks for each beginning of line ( regex assertion ^ ), but ONLY IF …

• A # symbol occurs at end of current line, due to the look-ahead structure (?=.+#)

• In replacement, we simply write the number 100 at beginning of each line

Best Regards,

guy038

[raizkie19]

@guy038

Thank you so much! Its working as intended…

[lar3ryca]

@guy038
Boy, those regexes again. I don’t know about most people, but I find them difficult to remember.
For this task, I would have used a macro:

Select Macro->Start Recording
Search for #
Press the Home key
Type 100
Press the End key
Select Macro->Stop Recording

Execute the macro however many times you need.

[guy038]

Hello, @ryan-jay-alfonso and All,

Ah, OK ! Here is the macro code that does the work :

    <Macro name="Test_#" Ctrl="no" Alt="yes" Shift="no" Key="187">             <!-- Shortcut : ALT + =      -->
        <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />     <!-- Search Initialisation   -->
        <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="#$" />   <!-- Search Regex : # at END -->
        <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="2" sParam="" />     <!-- Regular Expression mode -->
        <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="512" sParam="" />   <!-- Search Downwards        -->
        <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1" sParam="" />     <!-- Hit on Find Next button -->
        <Action type="0" message="2453" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />     <!-- Hit on HOME key         -->
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="1" />    <!-- Writing of the digit 1  -->
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="0" />    <!-- Writing of the digit 0  -->
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="0" />    <!-- Writing of the digit 0  -->
        <Action type="0" message="2451" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />     <!-- Hit on END key          -->
    </Macro>

Remark :

If you’re totally sure that the # only occurs, once, at the end of some specific lines, we can, simply, use the Normal search mode, giving the following macro code :

    <Macro name="Test_#" Ctrl="no" Alt="yes" Shift="no" Key="187">             <!-- Shortcut : ALT + =      -->
        <Action type="3" message="1700" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />     <!-- Search Initialisation   -->
        <Action type="3" message="1601" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="#" />    <!-- Search of the # symbol  -->
        <Action type="3" message="1625" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />     <!-- Normal search mode      -->
        <Action type="3" message="1702" wParam="0" lParam="512" sParam="" />   <!-- Search Downwards        -->
        <Action type="3" message="1701" wParam="0" lParam="1" sParam="" />     <!-- Hit on Find Next button -->
        <Action type="0" message="2453" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />     <!-- Hit on HOME key         -->
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="1" />    <!-- Writing of the digit 1  -->
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="0" />    <!-- Writing of the digit 0  -->
        <Action type="1" message="2170" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="0" />    <!-- Writing of the digit 0  -->
        <Action type="0" message="2451" wParam="0" lParam="0" sParam="" />     <!-- Hit on END key          -->
    </Macro>

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Now,

• First, determine the location of your active shortcuts.xml configuration file. It depends if you have a local N++ install or not :

  • Along with the notepad++.exe file, for a local configuration, in any folder different from C:\Program files[(x86)]

  • In the path %AppData%\Notepad++, in case of use of the installer to install N++

• Stop any Notepad++ instance

• Insert 1 of the codes, above, in the <Macros>........</Macros> node of your active shortcuts.xml file and save it

• Restart Notepad++

• Select your file tab

• Insert a dummy xxx# line, without line-break, at the very end of the file ( This line must satisfy the search ! )

• Go to the very beginning of file ( Ctrl + Home )

• Click on the Macros > Run a Macro Multiple Times... menu option

• Select the Test_# macro, in the drop-down list

• Choose the Run until the end of file option

• Click on the Run button

Reminder : You must move to the very beginning of your file, before running the Run until the end of file option

Best Regards,

guy038