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

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"];

Gahlen Fridley

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.

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"

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.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8849357/add-quotation-at-the-start-and-end-of-each-line-in-notepad

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