[notepad++] Replace new lines with a comma delimiter with Notepad++?

I have a Notepad++ question.

How can I take the below words in Notepad++ (which is on different lines)

Apples
Apricots
Pear
Avocados
Bananas

And turn them into a paragraph with a comma at the end of each one? Like this:

Apples, Apricots, Pear, Avocados, Bananas

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The answer is


USE Chrome's Search Bar

1-press CTRL F
2-paste the copied text in search bar
3-press CTRL A followed by CTRL C to copy the text again from search
4-paste in Notepad++
5-replace 'space' with ','

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A regex match with \s+ worked for me:

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This might sound strange but you can remove next line by copying the whole text and pasting it in firefox search bar, and then re-pasting it in notepad++

step 1

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Here's what worked for me with a similar list of strings in Notepad++ without any macros or anything else:

  1. Click Edit -> Blank Operations -> EOL to space [All the items should now be in a single line separated by a 'space']

  2. Select any 'space' and do a Replace All (by ',')


Place your cursor after Apples, under Macro Tab, select Start Recording. Type the comma(,) character, space( ) character, and press End key, under Macro tab, select Stop Recording.

Ctrl+Shift+P for single playback.


You can use the command line cc.rnl ', ' of ConyEdit (a plugin) to replace new lines with the contents you want.


fapDaddy's answer using a macro pointed me in the right direction.

Here's precisely what worked for me.

  1. Place the cursor after the first data item. enter image description here

  2. Click 'Macro > Start Recording' in the menu. enter image description here

  3. Type this sequence: Comma, Space, Delete, End. enter image description here

  4. Click 'Macro > Stop recording' in the menu. enter image description here

  5. Click 'Macro > Run a Macro Multiple Times...' in the menu. enter image description here

  6. Click 'Run until the end of file' and click 'Run'. enter image description here

  7. Remove any trailing characters. enter image description here

  8. Done!

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For Notepad++ 5.9

  1. Press Ctrl+H
  2. Select Search mode Extended(\n, \r, \t, \o, \x...)
  3. Enter Find what: \r\n
  4. Enter Replace with: ,
  5. Replace_All should get the required result.