How do I increment strings in Vim?

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Mar 15, 2026840 views

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I can increment integers in Vim using . The docs seem to say that if I set to (which I am trying to do with ) then will increment to , to , and to , but those examples are not working for me (I just a get a beep for , turns into , and turns into ).

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The quotes were the problem, I should have typed or .

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