How to add "" quotes or [] to each line

[kruto]

For example:

word1
word2 word3
word4
word 5

become:

"word1"
"word2 word3"
"word4"
"word 5"

or

[word1]
[word2 word3]
[word4]
[word 5]



Thanks !

[mrainey56]

Do a search and replace with the regular expression option checked. Unix mode active (see Advanced > Configuration > Find Tab to set)

Search: ^(.+)$
Replace: "\1"

or

Replace: [\1]

[kruto]

Thank you, works fine

[lizard]

Great - glad someone has asked. I use UE for MapBasic, which doesn't have a block comment function.

I tried your solution
(Regular expressions / unix style enabled replace ^(.+)$ with '\1')

on the following text:

open file logfileP for append as #2 filetype "TEXT"
write #1, "[1997 completed]"
write #2, "[1997 completed]"
close file #2

But got: "Search string not found."

I actually need single quotes, but was just testing the principle.

What am I doing wrong, please?

Thanks, Bruce

I am using version 7.10b, which doesn't have the EDIT - ADD COMMENT function.

[ASTTMan]

You might need to check Replace All is from Top of File in the Replace dialog. I got the same result when I unchecked it.

Dave

[psmithphil]

Thank you for this post, mrainey56! With it I was able to add a semi-colon at the end of each line in a large file. You da man!

[Yendor04]

Hey lizard,

I was having the exact same issue you describe above. I found that by selecting the "UltraEdit style Regular Expressions" option (not the "Unix style") under Advanced -> Configuration -> Search -> Regular Expression Engine I was able to use then the Find/Replace strings specified earlier in this thread.

I would like to know how to use the Unix Style expression for this sort of inserting of text.

[deeptinker]

Whole books have been written about regular expressions. (Try O'reilly Books.) It will take a while before you get comfortable with them.

Note that the latest versions of UE/UES have Perl style regular expressions. They build on the Unix style, but take things to a whole new level of difficulty.

Travis

[Yendor04]

Absolutely, deepthinker! Immediately following my post above I placed and order for "Mastering Regular Expressions, Second Edition" by Jeffrey Friedl and from O'reilly Publishing. Can't wait to crack that cover! Thanks!