Add a letter to the first of each line.

[dkchandler]

How can I add a letter to the first of each line???

Example:
Change this:
0016232 This is line 1.
0013488 This is line 2.

to this:
e0016232 This is line 1.
e0013488 This is line 2.

Thanks

[dkchandler]

I wrote a macro to add an 'e' in the first pos of the line, then I had the macro run 18,000 times to get all lines. It took some time, but it worked.

[markwi]

Try this:

Invoke the Search/Replace dialog and enter following Unix regular expression strings:

Find: ^(.*)$
Replace With: e\1

Basically that says, find each line and store it as avariable.

Then replace with a constant e followed by each variable found.

And there you are.

Now, if you didn't want the whole file done, just select the text you want this done for and check the box for selected text only.

Enjoy.

[wodder]

Here's another way:

(Macro Form)

Top
ColumnModeOn
ColumnInsert "e"

(Using the keyboard)

ALT-C (to turn on column mode)
ALT-L,I (column menu, insert)
CTRL+HOME (go to top of file)
e (the letter you want to insert)

[dkchandler]

wodder

That works great! and much faster then my macro.

Thanks guys,

Danny