替换记事本中的增量数字++

Question

i have .sql file dump that have increment id 1 - 1001 I want to replace the number to be null .

This is some .sql content :

INSERT INTO `complaint` (`Id`, `complaint_name`) VALUES(2, 'test');
INSERT INTO `complaint` (`Id`, `complaint_name`) VALUES(3, 'BATUK DARAH');
INSERT INTO `complaint` (`Id`, `complaint_name`) VALUES(4, 'SESAK NAFAS');
INSERT INTO `complaint` (`Id`, `complaint_name`) VALUES(5, 'mual dan muntah');
INSERT INTO `complaint` (`Id`, `complaint_name`) VALUES(6, 'muntah darah');
INSERT INTO `complaint` (`Id`, `complaint_name`) VALUES(7, 'batuk rejan');
....
INSERT INTO `complaint` (`Id`, `complaint_name`) VALUES(1001, 'Lorem ipsum');

How to replace automatically using notepad++ ?

Thanks

Answer 1

Your requirements are not completely clear, but with this answer you should be able to handle your task.

Search for eg

VALUES\(\d+

and replace with

VALUES\(

results in

INSERT INTO complaint ( Id , complaint_name ) VALUES(, 'test');

make sure to check the search mode "Regular Expression".

\\d+ is matching a sequence of at least one digits.

If you want to also remove the comma, just add it and the following whitespace to the search term VALUES\\(\\d+,\\s* .

would result in

INSERT INTO complaint ( Id , complaint_name ) VALUES('SESAK NAFAS');

Answer 2

I am aware that you wanted to replace with null here, but if you ever need to replace with a new incremental value, you could use the column editor (Alt-C) instead of search and replace.

First you select the column that you want to have replaced (holding ALT and SHIFT while selecting vertical text), and then press Alt-C to open the column editor, where you can select "number to insert" and type a starting number and increment.

It is more work than search-and-replace, but still it is extremely helpful in such situations.