How to replace a string pattern with increasing integers using regex-CodePudding

I have multiple .xml files in which I have a repeating string pattern. I want to replace each instance of that pattern with an integer starting with "1".

e.g.

Input:

APPLE is my favorite fruit. APPLE is red in color.

Expected Output:

1 is my favorite fruit. 2 is red in color.

CodePudding user response：

I am sure there are other extensions that can do this, but using one that I wrote this is very easy:

CodePudding user response：

With Regex Text Generator you can do this.

select all the APPLE instances you want, any way you like, Ctrl D, Selet All Occurrences, Alt Enter from Find dialog
execute command Generate Text based on regular expression
as match expression use: .*
as generator expression use: {{=i 1}}