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

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

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The answer is


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

  • 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"
    

  • 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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