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?
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.
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!