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Using RegEX To Prefix And Append In Notepad++

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?

Solution

  • 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" & "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.