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Visual Studio Code – How to replace multiple line with increment number with padding in vscode?

I have this lines :

_____0000_____
_____0000_____
_____0000_____
_____0000_____
....

I want to replace the 0000 with increment padded number ( incremented by 10) :

_____0010_____
_____0020_____
_____0030_____
_____0040_____
....
_____0090_____
_____0100_____
_____0110_____
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  1. 0

    you can use the extension I wrote: Regex Text Generator

    • with Multi-Cursor select the 0000 part of every line.
      • you can do it with select first 0000 and then use Ctrl+D to select a few more
      • or select first 0000, Ctrl+F Alt+Enter
    • execute command: Generate text based on Regular Expression (regex)
    • as match regex use: .*
    • as generator regex use: {{=(i+1)*10:size(4)}}

    If you have blank lines and want to generate the whole text use:

    • place Multi-Cursor on all lines:
      • place cursor on first line
      • Shift+Alt+Click on last line
    • execute command: Generate text based on Regular Expression (regex)
    • as match regex use: .*
    • as generator regex use: _____{{=(i+1)*10:size(4)}}_____

    If you need to do this regular you can define a preset in the settings with these properties that are editable when selected.

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  2. 0

    This is very easy with an extension I wrote, Find and Transform. With it you can select what you want to replace with a find regex and do the math to construct the replacement.

    Try this keybinding (in your keybindings.json or it could be a command):

    {
  "key": "alt+c",                    // whatever keybinding you want
  "command": "findInCurrentFile",
  "args": {
    "description": "replace 0000 with 0010, 0020, etc.",  // any description

    "find": "(?<=_____)(0000)(?=_____)",
    "isRegex": true,

    "replace": [         // replace with a javascript operation result
      "$${",
                         // make a String(...) so can use padStart next
        "let result = String(${matchNumber} * 10);",
        "return result.padStart(4, '0');",
      "}$$",
    ],
    "postCommands": "cancelSelection",  // to remove all the selections on each line

  },
},

    There are many more options in the extension if you need them. Demo:

    replace selection with math operation demo

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