Add a number to each selection in Sublime Text 2, incremented once per selection

Question

Is there a way to add insert a number that is incremented once per cursor in Sublime Text 2?

Example, with | as the cursor:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, |
vehicula sed, mauris nam eget| 
neque a pede nullam, ducimus adipiscing, 
vestibulum pellentesque pellentesque laoreet faucibus.|

Desired result:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, 1|
vehicula sed, mauris nam eget2| 
neque a pede nullam, ducimus adipiscing, 
vestibulum pellentesque pellentesque laoreet faucibus.3|

Does this functionality exist natively, or is there a plugin providing it?

score 334 · Accepted Answer · edited May 13 '16 at 00:06

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I recommend the plugin Text Pastry. The Number Sequence command is the one you need.

I prefer to use the Insert Nums command:

Text Pastry has a build in support for the Insert Nums syntax by providing three numbers separated by one space:

N M P

N: the start index.

M represents the step size which will be added to the index for each selection.

P must be > 0 and will be used to pad the index with leading zeroes.

edited May 13 '16 at 00:06

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Ridiculously helpful. – digitalextremist Oct 10 '13 at 03:03
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Text Pastry : Multi-select :: Multi-select : Find & Replace – gfullam May 12 '14 at 19:22
This plugin seems perfect for me. But I need to increment from 1 to 5 and repeat multiple times. How would I go about doing this? – Chucky Apr 02 '15 at 11:16
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I found that I had to first select the lines and use Ctrl + Shift + L to select all affected lines, then use Text Pastry for numbering, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upEieoTwnjs – Manish Jul 04 '15 at 13:04
make a multi line selection (not only cursors) with the start number selected. Press ctrl + alt + T, it opens a nice menu which explaines the rest. – pscheit Oct 27 '15 at 07:00
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This solution works in Sublime Text 3 as well. For me the primary issue was that you need to know how to open the Text Pastry command line (CTRL-ALT-N). So, to get incrementing numbers from 01 to 10, select 10 lines (shift+right-click/drag the desired columns), press `CTRL-ALT-N`, then type `1 1 2` – Gus Feb 04 '16 at 20:48
Chucky: https://github.com/duydao/Text-Pastry/wiki/Number-Range explains how to do what you want. TL;DR: `range [ [ ]]` – PJSCopeland May 12 '16 at 21:41

Riccardo Marotti · Answer 2 · 2013-01-29T09:05:10.280

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I think that the only way to achieve what you ask is to create your own plugin.

Tools/New Plugin...:

import sublime_plugin


class IncrementSelectionCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, edit):
        start_value = int(self.view.substr(self.view.sel()[0]))

        counter = 0
        for selection in self.view.sel():
            self.view.insert(edit, selection.begin(), str(start_value + counter))
            counter = counter + 1

        for selection in self.view.sel():
            self.view.erase(edit, selection)

Save it in your User directory. Then add a shortcut to your Key Bindings - User:

{ "keys": ["YOUR_SHORTCUT"], "command": "increment_selection" }

Now you can place the cursors where you need:

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Insert the number the counter should start from (in this case 1):

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Select the number you typed (shift<—):

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Type the shortcut:

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answered Jan 29 '13 at 07:53

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Great answer, very helpful. I will do this as soon as I get a chance. – Michael Robinson Jan 29 '13 at 19:44
I've attempted to make this plugin, but haven't been able to get it to work - placing multiple cursors, inserting `1` and pressing my hotkey does nothing. Is there something I need to to in order to activate new plugin? – Michael Robinson Jan 29 '13 at 20:40
Before pressing your hot keys, you have to select the text you entered, with shift+left arrow (look at the second to last screenshot in my text). – Riccardo Marotti Jan 29 '13 at 21:13
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Yes I did do that. My hotkey is: ` { "keys": ["ctrl+alt+i"], "command": "increment_selection" }`, in Key Bindings - User. No output in ST2 console – Michael Robinson Jan 29 '13 at 22:57
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I verified the code both on Mac and Windows, and it should work. Try to look at the console after you have typed the shortcut: maybe there is some error that could help to understand the problem (`View/Show Console`). – Riccardo Marotti Jan 30 '13 at 08:00
I'm using Ubuntu, and I did look @ the console, nothing. I will have another go in the morning. – Michael Robinson Jan 30 '13 at 08:47
In the meanwhile, I verified it on Ubuntu too, and it worked. I'm sorry, I don't know what can be wrong... Try to add a `print("something")` in the `run` method, to verify that the plugin is invoked by the shortcut. – Riccardo Marotti Jan 30 '13 at 09:04
I'm sure this does work but the plugin `Text Pastry` mentioned in a subsequent answer provides a solution that directly solves my original question - a plugin that provides this functionality. – Michael Robinson Feb 03 '13 at 09:21
Yes, `Text Pastry` is definitely a better solution! – Riccardo Marotti Feb 03 '13 at 09:34
I successfully used this today, though when i placed '1' as my selection number it failed with ' ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '' '. Works fine when entering 0 though. Thanks!! – Icementhols Jan 25 '14 at 08:46
This should be mark as Answer. Excellent!! Thanks Working in SL3 too. – Nono Feb 20 '14 at 10:51
great idea as usage / ui for solving this problem – pscheit Jun 07 '15 at 07:10
This is so very handy and useful. Just took me seconds to have it inside my ecosystem. Thanks a lot, buddy. – softvar Aug 07 '17 at 20:01
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Great plugin! The only downside is that every integer in the selection needs to be of the exact same value. – Gabe Hiemstra May 02 '19 at 08:40