RE sequence operator not working !?

[phochstr]

Hi

I'm trying to insert a sequence number into a file consisting of lines containing SQL statements.

I have enabled POSIX style REs in TP 5.4 or 5.3.1.

The interesting part of my data is:

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(1234567, 123);

which I would like to replace with:

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(1234567, <sequence number>, 123);

So, I search for

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\(([0-9]*), ([0-9]*)\);

which I tell TP to replace with

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(\1, \i, \2);

I also tried the \i(1) and \i(1,1) syntax variants.

All of them invariably return:

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(1234567, 1, 123);
... (2345678, 1, 231);
...  (3456789, 1, 231);

So, the "sequence" is always a 1 and never incremented. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
Peter

[ben_josephs]

You must use Replace All.

[phochstr]

... so simple and such an effect .

Superb.