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Numbering reset after X numbers
Posted:
Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:32 am
by XionicFire
Hi, simple question
How do Reset numbering after X files, say add 1,2,3 then 1,2,3 again and so on
So files look like:
1-2021-02-16-20-23-48
2-2021-02-16-20-23-49
3-2021-02-16-20-23-50
1-2021-02-16-20-23-51
2-2021-02-16-20-23-52
3-2021-02-16-20-23-53
1-2021-02-16-20-23-54
2-2021-02-16-20-23-55
3-2021-02-16-20-23-56
and so on
Ive tried all the options and none seem to do this, maybe im missing something? ive also searched the web and this board and nothing.
Any help is greatly apreciated.
Re: Numbering reset after X numbers
Posted:
Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:39 am
by XionicFire
atm if i have to reset the numbers every 2 or 4 numbers ive used increasing by 4 or 5 then replacing and removing
Basically say you wanted to reset the number every 2 files, so ud go increase by 5, then the numbers would go 5,10,15,20,25 and so on, if you remove all but the last digit, you end up with 0,5,0,5,0,5,0,5,0 you can then replace the 5 for a 1 and get 0,1,0,1,0,1,0 but its a pain to have to do this in several passes and ive only figured how todo it for 2, 4 and 5 file repeat, if anyone has any idea of how to properly do this would be awesome
Re: Numbering reset after X numbers
Posted:
Thu Feb 17, 2022 6:42 am
by Luuk
To prefix 01-, 02-, 03-, and then continue restarting the prefix like 01-, 02-, 03-, ...
Numbering(10) could use Mode==Prefix, Start==1, Pad=2, Break=1, Sep.==-, Type==Base4
The secret is making your "Pad" 1-higher than "Break", and then "Base" is 1-higher than your maximum.
Its unfortunate, but you need at least Break==1, so this does also mean that your "Pad" must be at least 2.
But you can always remove the padding later if its not to be desired, or javascript could rename without the padding.
Re: Numbering reset after X numbers
Posted:
Thu Feb 17, 2022 6:54 am
by XionicFire
Interesting, ill give it a shot with your solution, yeah it sucks to have to remove the padding but i guess its better than no solution
Remove leading-zeroes
Posted:
Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:06 am
by Luuk
To remove the padding from files starting like 0Digits-Text, the RegEx(1) can use a "Match" and "Replace" like...
^0*(\d+-.*)
\1
Re: Numbering reset after X numbers
Posted:
Sun Feb 20, 2022 8:28 pm
by XionicFire
yep, atm to remove the padding i just run it again, but the regex option seems like a good script idea.
Thanks everyone for the solutions, definitely solved the problem