Query replace with different replacements

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Suppose we start with the following

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

I want to replace Adam with Bob, Chris, and David. So I want to do it such that I call a query-replace like function, search for Adam and then cycle through the results specifying what to replace it by.

I am guessing there are three possible answers here:
1. Write a function to do it, which I haven't tried.
2. There is a way to do it using query-replace like function which is what I am looking for.
3. I realize that I could do C-r during query-replace, but I was wondering if there was a way to avoid that.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question! :)

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Suppose we start with the following

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

I want to replace Adam with Bob, Chris, and David. So I want to do it such that I call a query-replace like function, search for Adam and then cycle through the results specifying what to replace it by.

I am guessing there are three possible answers here:
1. Write a function to do it, which I haven't tried.
2. There is a way to do it using query-replace like function which is what I am looking for.
3. I realize that I could do C-r during query-replace, but I was wondering if there was a way to avoid that.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question! :)

query-replace

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Suppose we start with the following

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

I want to replace Adam with Bob, Chris, and David. So I want to do it such that I call a query-replace like function, search for Adam and then cycle through the results specifying what to replace it by.

I am guessing there are three possible answers here:
1. Write a function to do it, which I haven't tried.
2. There is a way to do it using query-replace like function which is what I am looking for.
3. I realize that I could do C-r during query-replace, but I was wondering if there was a way to avoid that.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question! :)

query-replace

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Suppose we start with the following

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

Adam ate an apple.

I want to replace Adam with Bob, Chris, and David. So I want to do it such that I call a query-replace like function, search for Adam and then cycle through the results specifying what to replace it by.

I am guessing there are three possible answers here:
1. Write a function to do it, which I haven't tried.
2. There is a way to do it using query-replace like function which is what I am looking for.
3. I realize that I could do C-r during query-replace, but I was wondering if there was a way to avoid that.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question! :)

query-replace

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Assuming Bob is the first replacement:

• 
  M-% Adam RET Bob RET
  


• 
  y for all the consecutive Bob replacements


• 
  e to change the replacement string, to, e.g.: Chris RET
  


• 
  y for any further Chris replacements


• etc...


• When you want to re-use one of the previous replacements (say, Adam again)


• 
  e and then M-p or <up> to cycle back through the replacement history

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Assuming Bob is the first replacement:

• 
  M-% Adam RET Bob RET
  


• 
  y for all the consecutive Bob replacements


• 
  e to change the replacement string, to, e.g.: Chris RET
  


• 
  y for any further Chris replacements


• etc...


• When you want to re-use one of the previous replacements (say, Adam again)


• 
  e and then M-p or <up> to cycle back through the replacement history

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Assuming Bob is the first replacement:

• 
  M-% Adam RET Bob RET
  


• 
  y for all the consecutive Bob replacements


• 
  e to change the replacement string, to, e.g.: Chris RET
  


• 
  y for any further Chris replacements


• etc...


• When you want to re-use one of the previous replacements (say, Adam again)


• 
  e and then M-p or <up> to cycle back through the replacement history

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Assuming Bob is the first replacement:

• 
  M-% Adam RET Bob RET
  


• 
  y for all the consecutive Bob replacements


• 
  e to change the replacement string, to, e.g.: Chris RET
  


• 
  y for any further Chris replacements


• etc...


• When you want to re-use one of the previous replacements (say, Adam again)


• 
  e and then M-p or <up> to cycle back through the replacement history

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Assuming Bob is the first replacement:

• 
  M-% Adam RET Bob RET
  


• 
  y for all the consecutive Bob replacements


• 
  e to change the replacement string, to, e.g.: Chris RET
  


• 
  y for any further Chris replacements


• etc...


• When you want to re-use one of the previous replacements (say, Adam again)


• 
  e and then M-p or <up> to cycle back through the replacement history

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