Using RegEX To Prefix And Append In Notepad

Question

I have quite a large list of words in a txt file and I m trying to do a regex find and replace in Notepad    I need to add a string before each line and after each line   So that    wordone wordtwo wordthree   become   able  wordone  able  wordtwo  able  wordthree    How can I do this

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Use a Macro   Macro Start Recording  Use the keyboard to make your changes in a repeatable manner e g   home type  able  end down arrow home  Then go back to the menu and click stop recording then run a macro multiple times   That should do it and no regex based complications

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Why don t you use the Notepad   multiline editing capabilities   Hold down Alt while selecting text  using your usual click-and-drag approach  to select text across multiple lines  This is sometimes also referred to as column editing   You could place the cursor at the beginning of the file  Press  and hold  Alt  Shift and then just keep pressing the down-arrow or PageDown to select the lines that you want to prepend with some text  -  Easy  Multiline editing is a very useful feature of Notepad    It s also possible in Visual Studio  in the same manner  and also in Eclipse by switching to Block Selection Mode by pressing Alt Shift A and then use mouse to select text across lines

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Use a Macro   Macro Start Recording  Use the keyboard to make your changes in a repeatable manner e g   home type  able  end down arrow home  Then go back to the menu and click stop recording then run a macro multiple times   That should do it and no regex based complications

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Assuming alphanumeric words  you can use   Search       A-Za-z0-9     Replace   able   1    Or  if you just want to highlight the lines and use  Replace All   amp   In Selection   with the same replace    Search              points to the start of the line    points to the end of the line    1 will be the source match within the parentheses

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Assuming alphanumeric words  you can use   Search       A-Za-z0-9     Replace   able   1    Or  if you just want to highlight the lines and use  Replace All   amp   In Selection   with the same replace    Search              points to the start of the line    points to the end of the line    1 will be the source match within the parentheses

User · Answer

Use a Macro   Macro Start Recording  Use the keyboard to make your changes in a repeatable manner e g   home type  able  end down arrow home  Then go back to the menu and click stop recording then run a macro multiple times   That should do it and no regex based complications

User · Answer

In visual studio code i found that simple regex as   worked

User · Answer

Assuming alphanumeric words  you can use   Search       A-Za-z0-9     Replace   able   1    Or  if you just want to highlight the lines and use  Replace All   amp   In Selection   with the same replace    Search              points to the start of the line    points to the end of the line    1 will be the source match within the parentheses

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Regular Expression that can be used   Find   w   Replace  able    amp     As    amp  will give you the string you search for   Refer  regexr

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Why don t you use the Notepad   multiline editing capabilities   Hold down Alt while selecting text  using your usual click-and-drag approach  to select text across multiple lines  This is sometimes also referred to as column editing   You could place the cursor at the beginning of the file  Press  and hold  Alt  Shift and then just keep pressing the down-arrow or PageDown to select the lines that you want to prepend with some text  -  Easy  Multiline editing is a very useful feature of Notepad    It s also possible in Visual Studio  in the same manner  and also in Eclipse by switching to Block Selection Mode by pressing Alt Shift A and then use mouse to select text across lines

User · Answer

Assuming alphanumeric words  you can use   Search       A-Za-z0-9     Replace   able   1    Or  if you just want to highlight the lines and use  Replace All   amp   In Selection   with the same replace    Search              points to the start of the line    points to the end of the line    1 will be the source match within the parentheses

User · Answer

In visual studio code i found that simple regex as   worked

User · Answer

Regular Expression that can be used   Find   w   Replace  able    amp     As    amp  will give you the string you search for   Refer  regexr

User · Answer

Use a Macro   Macro Start Recording  Use the keyboard to make your changes in a repeatable manner e g   home type  able  end down arrow home  Then go back to the menu and click stop recording then run a macro multiple times   That should do it and no regex based complications

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