Adding Quotation marks around string with regex

Question

I have a text file to process, with huge number of lines like this:

000AA Sylvester Stallone

000AD Demi Moore

I would add for each word, a single quotation mark like this:

'000AA' 'Sylvester' 'Stallone'

'000AD' 'Demi' 'Moore'

I suppose that the best(and maybe the only way?) is to use notepadd++ find/replace with regex, but unluckily I have not enough knowledge. Please, there is someone can help me? This will be a huge time saver help!!

Are there any other lines you do not want to touch? If yes, what makes the ones you want to modify specific (and thus we could match them with some pattern)? Did you try anything at all? Do you know how to use a regex-based search and replace in Notepad++? I ask because if I say use \S+ and replace with '$0', is that enough? — Wiktor Stribiżew
– Wiktor Stribiżew, Commented Dec 15, 2015 at 0:07

dognose · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-15 00:17:37Z

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Just search for

([^\s]+)

(Matches every character but any whitespace)

and replace it with

'$1'

(replaces the match with the same string, but leading and trailing ')

answered Dec 15, 2015 at 0:17

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Alfonse Over a year ago

Thanks a lot, works like a charm!! just another little question can I add open/close parenthesis at the start/end of each line with regex? like this: from '000AA' 'Sylvester' 'Stallone' to ('000AA' 'Sylvester' 'Stallone') ps. in one regex would be the perfection :)

dognose Over a year ago

Replace first character with itself followed by opening bracket: search: ^(.), replace: $$1 - Replace last character with itself followed by closing bracket: (.)$ -> $1$

Alfonse Over a year ago

Sorry I don't understand the last regex.could you explain me better? I must replace the old regex or add this last one? Thanks a lot!

dognose Over a year ago

it's Independent regex'. You have to run three: First, add quotes, second add opening bracket, third add closing bracket. (last one means: search (.)$, replace: $1\)

dognose Over a year ago

well actually the last two can be merged: search ^(.*)$, replace: $$1$

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