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UltraEdit.ueReOn(); /* Use UE regexp syntax */
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.regExp = true;
UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replaceAll = false;
UltraEdit.selectClipboard(9);

// First go to top of document
UltraEdit.activeDocument.top();

var NumberValue = 1; /* Start value */
while ( (UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.find("<step1")) && ! UltraEdit.activeDocument.isEof() ) { 
//Make loop depend on presence of <step1 and break at End-of-file
  
   UltraEdit.activeDocument.findReplace.replace("<step1","<step1 label=\""+NumberValue+"\"");
   NumberValue++;   /* Increment the numbering */
}
// reposition to top after renumbering
UltraEdit.activeDocument.top();
UltraEdit.selectClipboard(0);

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<roottag>
<proc>
  <step1>
    <foo>dummy text
    </foo>
  </step1>
  <step1>
  <bar>
  dummy text
  </bar>
  </step1>
</proc>
<proc>
  <step1/>
  <step1>
  <acme>1</acme>
  </step1>
</proc>
</roottag>

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// Misc options for global XML object:
// http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/E4X_Tutorial:The_global_XML_object
XML.ignoreComments = false;
XML.ignoreProcessingInstructions = false;
XML.ignoreWhitespace = true;
XML.prettyPrinting = true;
XML.prettyIndent = 2;

// Do the rest of the processing in a function, so we can quit the script
renumberLabels();

function renumberLabels() {
  // Retrieve whole document into XML List object.
  UltraEdit.activeDocument.selectAll();
  var xmlDoc = UltraEdit.activeDocument.selection;
  
  // Try and create a XML object from the document contents:
  try {
    var xmlRoot = new XML( xmlDoc );
  }
  catch (xmlException) {
    UltraEdit.messageBox("Document is not valid XML");
    return; // quit the rest of the script
  }

  // Get XMLlist of <proc>'s
  // http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/E4X_Tutorial:Accessing_XML_children
  var xmlProcList = xmlRoot.proc;

  // Iterate through <proc>'s
  for (i in xmlProcList) {
    // set renumber variable to 1 for each <proc>
    var stepRenumber = 1;

    // get <step1>'s in <proc> group
    var xmlStep1List = xmlProcList[i].step1;
  
    // Iterate over <step1>
    for (j in xmlStep1List) {
      // Assign label attribute for each <step1>
        xmlStep1List[j].@label = (stepRenumber++);
    }
  }

  // Write XML document back into editor while PrettyPrint formatting as well
  UltraEdit.activeDocument.write( xmlRoot.toXMLString() );
}

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<roottag>
  <proc>
    <step1 label="1">
      <foo>dummy text</foo>
    </step1>
    <step1 label="2">
      <bar>dummy text</bar>
    </step1>
  </proc>
  <proc>
    <step1 label="1"/>
    <step1 label="2">
      <acme>1</acme>
    </step1>
  </proc>
</roottag>