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How do I turn all words uppercase and in square brackets in Notepad++

I know it sounds weird but I have a list of names (excluding surnames) and I need them all uppercase within square brackets. For example from Michael to [MICHAEL] for all words in all lines in the entire document.

What code can I use to replace all in Regular expression Search Mode?

Solution

  • Search for whole words:

    ([A-Za-z0-9-]+)

    Replace them with this to add brackets and convert all letters to upper case:

    [\U\1]