Add quotation at the start and end of each line in Notepad

Question

I have a list  in a  txt file  which I d like to quickly convert to JavaScript Syntax  so I want to take the following   AliceBlue AntiqueWhite Aqua Aquamarine Azure Beige Bisque Black BlanchedAlmond   and convert it to an array literal     var myArray     AliceBlue    AntiqueWhite           I have the list in notepad   and I need a reg expression to add the   at the start of the line and    at the end and remove the line break    does anyone have a quick fix to do this  I m terrible with RegEx   I often have to perform such tasks so to know how to do this would be a great benefit to me  Many thanks

User · Answer

One simple way is replace  n newline  with     double-quote comma double-quote  after this append double-quote in the start and end of file    example         AliceBlue       AntiqueWhite       Aqua       Aquamarine       Beige    Replcae  n with        AliceBlue   AntiqueWhite   Aqua   Aquamarine   Beige  Now append   double-quote  at the start and end    AliceBlue   AntiqueWhite   Aqua   Aquamarine   Beige     If your text contains blank lines in between you can use regular expression  n  instead of  n  example         AliceBlue        AntiqueWhite       Aqua         Aquamarine       Beige    Replcae  n  with      in regex mode     AliceBlue   AntiqueWhite   Aqua   Aquamarine   Beige  Now append   double-quote  at the start and end    AliceBlue   AntiqueWhite   Aqua   Aquamarine   Beige

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You won t be able to do it in a single replacement  you ll have to perform a few steps  Here s how I d do it    Find  in regular expression mode           Replace with     1    This adds the quotes    AliceBlue   AntiqueWhite   Aqua   Aquamarine   Azure   Beige   Bisque   Black   BlanchedAlmond   Find  in extended mode     r n   Replace with  with a space after the comma  not shown         This converts the lines into a comma-separated list    AliceBlue    AntiqueWhite    Aqua    Aquamarine    Azure    Beige    Bisque    Black    BlanchedAlmond     Add the var myArray   assignment and braces manually   var myArray     AliceBlue    AntiqueWhite    Aqua    Aquamarine    Azure    Beige    Bisque    Black    BlanchedAlmond

User · Answer

Place your cursor at the end of the text  Press SHIFT and -   The cursor will move to the next line  Press CTRL-F and type   in  Replace with   and press ENTER    You will need to put a quote at the beginning of your first text and the end of your last

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Put your cursor at the begining of line 1  click Edit ColumnEditor  Put   in the text and hit enter  Repeat 2 but put the cursor at the end of line1 and put    and hit enter

[regex] Add quotation at the start and end of each line in Notepad++

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