Automatic Numbering of Blocks...

I am looking for a lisp routine that labels things as follows:
A-1, A-2, A-3 and so on. How would I do this? Thanks

Something similar to the lisp routine in the Automatic Numbering post by Micheal Regan.

Thanks

 

Use (while) to step through the labels, (1+) to increment the numerical
value, (itoa) to convert that to a text string, and (strcat) to attach that
to "A-" for each successive label. Something like:

(setq cardinalno 1)

Make a "while" loop that checks for some condition like the number of labels
left to go. Inside that, do something like:

(setq labeltext (strcat "A-" (itoa cardinalno)))

and use that as the text content, then

(setq cardinalno (1+ cardinalno))

so it will be 2 for the next one, etc.

 

I have no idea how to create a while loop. I don't know much about creating lisp routines either. I would need someone to basically write it for me. I was hoping someone would have already done this. Thanks for the help though.

 

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thanks Paul