Incrementing selected numbers in vim

Vim command for incrementing numbers sequentially.

my_array[1] = 0;
my_array[2] = 0;
my_array[3] = 0;
my_array[4] = 0;
my_array[5] = 0;
my_array[6] = 0;
my_array[7] = 0;

If you want to increment numbers inside my_array

1. with cursor on the first 0 in the first line

2. blockwise select with Ctrl-V

• enter blockwise-visual mode
• and select all wanted number

Vim keys are will be...

<Ctrl-V>
6j  # or simply jjjjjj

v for visual mode, V for line-visual mode, Ctrl-V for blockwise visual mode. For more information, read :help ctrl-v

Then you'll got selected numbers

 

3. increment with g Ctrl-A

• <Ctrl-A> is add count to the number or alphabetic character.
• g <Ctrl-A each one will be incremented if several lines are selected

You can see help text in :help ctrl-a

Vim key strokes will be

g
<Ctrl-a>

Then, boom!

All in one

So, all keystrokes will be (NO enter, newline is just for readability

It suppose to start from first line, first character (m)

f0  # find 0
<Ctrl-V>
6j
g
<Ctrl-a>

Here's whole gif