use strict; use warnings; package incdec; sub incdec { my ($line, $increment_by, $point_position, $is_backward) = @_; $point_position ||= 0; $is_backward ||= 0; my $start_position = 0; my $previous_match_start = 0; while ($line =~ /(-?\d+)/g) { if ($is_backward) { # Set start position to the current match start. This gives us the # correct start position when incrementing the last number in a # line. $start_position = $-[0]; # If point is not at the end, set start position to the number # closest to the point position. if ($point_position < $-[0]) { $start_position = $previous_match_start; last; } $previous_match_start = $-[0]; } else { if ($point_position < $+[0]) { $start_position = $-[0]; last; } } } pos($line) = $start_position; $line =~ s/\G([^-\d]*)(-?\d+)/$1 . ($2 + $increment_by)/e; return $line; } 1;