Pasting items from a list in Vim and moving the index as you paste
So I have 100 json objects and copy pasted from one object, now I want to change the name from a list of random names; I will only show the first 3
{
"model": "recons.cashier",
"pk": 11,
"fields": {
"name": "Tim", # <------- START
"surname":"Cythia",
"employee_number": "1000",
"id_number": "89242545211",
"site": 1
}
},
{
"model": "recons.cashier",
"pk": 11,
"fields": {
"name": "Tim",
"surname":"Cythia",
"employee_number": "1000",
"id_number": "89242545211",
"site": 1
}
},
{
"model": "recons.cashier",
"pk": 11,
"fields": {
"name": "Tim",
"surname":"Cythia",
"employee_number": "1000",
"id_number": "89242545211",
"site": 1
}
}
So let's take our cursor to the start, but before we do anything we have to define our variables so go into command mode
:let i=0
:let l=['Shena', 'Laronda', 'Diann']
now let's record our macro into the m register (remember to be in normal 'escaped' mode)
qm
shift-^ # go to the start of the line
f # this will find the first white space now
dw # delete the name basically
dw
x
"" # enter the two "" where you want to paste the new name in and put your cursor in the middle
=l[i] # Now we paste from the command line using ctrl-r, Note we are indexing the list using l[i] just like in python
:let i+= 1 # we increment i for the next use
11j # very important part move 11 lines down to the next name that needs replacing
q # stop recording the macro
now prepare to be amazed and type @m on the line you are on and on the next neat!
