Complete the sequence 1 2 3 up to 156 in Notepad++?

Question

I have a fairly simple request, but I can't figure out how to do this in Notepad++. I need to create a list where each line begins with a number, starting from 1 and ending at 156. Obviously I dont' want to sit and type this in manually, as I will be creating more than one list.

1
2
3
.
.
.
.
156

How do I do that? I tried the macro function but it only plays back keyboard actions. It does not increment the sequence by 1 as Excel would do with its auto-fill feature. I know Excel can do it, but I must avoid using Excel.

As you can see I don't have any columns, or any lines of code. I am starting off from an empty document. I just want to create a long list in a text file.

Answer 1

In Notepad++ you can press Alt+C for the column / multi-selection editor and use the number to insert function from initial number increasing by 1, you'll just need to select all of your lines that you want to number.

You'll need to have blank lines already. I had to select the lines from the bottom up to the top before running the column editor, but I'm not sure if that's required.

essentially sourced from StackOverflow

Answer 2

Answer provided by Raystafarian is essentially correct.

Please open a new document. Record a macro with only 'Carriage return'. Now play the macro 155 times. So you have 156 lines. Now follow the procedure suggested by Raystafarian.

Answer 3

This isn't the solution you asked for, but solves your problem easily: Just open excel or google sheets and enter 1 and 2 in the first two cells. Then click and drag the bottom-right corner down to auto-increment the list.

Then just cut and paste it into your text file.

Answer 4

Old question but here is an alternative answer (not using notepad++) for anyone looking for the same result.

In command prompt:

FOR /L %A IN (1,1,156) DO ECHO %A >> outputfile.txt

This will start at 1, increment by 1, end at 156. It will append each number as output to outputfile.txt

sample of outputfile.txt:

1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 

Answer 5

Bingo! I have found a way to do it using the Column Editor.

1. Ctrl+N to create a new empty document.
2. Go to Settings menu, Preferences, Editing, and make sure "display line number" option is enabled. Click Close.
3. Press and hold Enter until you have reached line number 156.
4. Ctrl+Shift+Home to select all the lines (i.e. "columns") from the bottom most to the one on the top. It is necessary to start from the bottom and go up with the selection, so that the text input cursor sits at the beginning of first line whilst everything else is selected down below.
5. Alt+C to open the "Column / Multi-Selection Editor".
6. Select "Number to Insert", type in 1 in "Initial number" and 1 in "Increase by". Select "Dec" for decimal numbers, and click OK.

Answer 6

Just do it like a real super user...

perl -e "open(my $fh, '>output.log'); print $fh ($_) for(1..156); close $fh;"