Does this have to be done in TW? I'd do it with a bash script
I have a Jason structure (just stored right now as plain text in a Tiddler)
> that I need to add numbers to to be able to save it so it can be then
> imported with unique title fields.
>
> Here is are a few records so you can see the issue ... The full Tiddler is
> thousands of records long.
>
> [
> {
> "title": "PERRY MASON",
> "tags": "#perrymason",
> "type": "text/plain",
> "text": "I was just explaining things to Mr Huxley. Don't let me
> interrupt. Now, these two goldfish are suffering from gill fever. How much
> longer would you say they can live? If it's really gill fever, an hour or
> two. Right, but watch.\n#PerryMason"
> },
> {
> "title": "PERRY MASON",
> "tags": "#perrymason",
> "type": "text/plain",
> "text": "Now, I spread a small amount of my preparation on this piece of
> screening and place it in the water. \n#PerryMason"
> },
> {
> "title": "PERRY MASON",
> "tags": "#perrymason",
> "type": "text/plain",
> "text": "And within a remarkably short time Kind of a miracle, isn't it,
> Mr Huxley? I wouldn't go so far as to say that, but it's certainly
> impressive. Would you be interested in merchandizing the preparation
> throughout the country? I may do better than that.\n#PerryMason"
> }
> ]
>
>
> Ideally I want to have a macro that can change it to this ...
>
> [
> {
> "title": "PERRY MASON #0009",
> "tags": "#perrymason",
> "type": "text/plain",
> "text": "I was just explaining things to Mr Huxley. Don't let me
> interrupt. Now, these two goldfish are suffering from gill fever. How much
> longer would you say they can live? If it's really gill fever, an hour or
> two. Right, but watch.\n#PerryMason"
> },
> {
> "title": "PERRY MASON #0010",
> "tags": "#perrymason",
> "type": "text/plain",
> "text": "Now, I spread a small amount of my preparation on this piece of
> screening and place it in the water. \n#PerryMason"
> },
> {
> "title": "PERRY MASON #0011",
> "tags": "#perrymason",
> "type": "text/plain",
> "text": "And within a remarkably short time Kind of a miracle, isn't it,
> Mr Huxley? I wouldn't go so far as to say that, but it's certainly
> impressive. Would you be interested in merchandizing the preparation
> throughout the country? I may do better than that.\n#PerryMason"
> }
> ]
>
>
> What I need is a macro that will...
>
> (a) take a START NO., 9 in this case
>
> (b) and for the first match of ...
>
> "title": "PERRY MASON"
>
> ... change it to ...
>
> "title": "PERRY MASON #0009"
>
> (c) Then increment the number by 1 for each repeat.
>
> The leading Zeros are NOT essential but are helpful in sorting and finding
> things later.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Best wishes
> Josiah
>
>
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