How to add leading zeros with fixed length and pre-defined number set in SublimeText 3

Question

I have several whole numbers of varying lengths/widths. Sample set below:

490 29 0924 29 1

I'm looking for a convenient way in SublimeText 3 to transform them so that each has a leading zero and the total width is 5. I know Excel has this feature: Select column > Format Cells > Custom > (type in five zeros) > Viola!, but need a solution in SublimeText.

00490 00029 00924 00029 00001

I have tried using the the Sublime Text Insert Nums and TextPastry plugins but could not figure out how to do it.

With TextPastry, I did: ~05 in the command line, which would get the formatting right but would start me off at 1, thus creating 00001,00002 etc. I need a way to tell it to work it's way down the list I've already provided, not create one from an index. I thought \i would do this kind of iteration but apparently it start the index at 1.

How would I do this?

Answer 1

Insert Nums can do that.

1/ Select your existing data:

490 29 0924 -29 1

2/ Split your selection into multiple lines (cmd+shift+l or ctrl+shift+l)

3/ Go into Insert Nums

4/ Use this input: i|~=05::_

5/ Result: 00490 00029 00924 -0029 00001

Explanations:

• i is used to say you're actually reading integers (f for floats)
• | means you are using existing, selected data
• ~=05 is the zero-padding to a length of 5 (= is actually unnecessary here)
• ::_ is the expression, in this case, _ is for "use the data as it is"

Let me know if you have any issue with this.

--Alexis