Regex find/replace string with quoted string

Question

I can find a way to replace a string within quotes but I can not find a way to add quotes to a string with find/replace in notepad++

So I have a .sql file that I copy and pasted a bunch of insert values. The strings are not in quotations like they need to be.

I have the find statement as \s\w{1,} and it works fine for me but if I use "\1" it just replaces with ""

Is there a way to get each string replaced to a string with quotes like STRING replaced to "STRING"

Use $0 or \0 or capture your match into a group to use \1 — Sebastian Proske
– Sebastian Proske, Commented Sep 19, 2016 at 6:39

sehrob · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-19 06:48:31Z

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In order to replace your STRING with "STRING" in notepade++, you can try this to put in find area \s(\w{1,}) and this "$1" in replace area.

Hope this helps.

answered Sep 19, 2016 at 6:48

sehrob

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this is the answer, i thought I tried the $1 reference but i think having (\w{1,}) in parenthesis made the difference Thank you