Surround selection into array

Question

I am aware about surrounding selection in quotes or braces

PhpStorm wrap/surround selection?

I need similar but surround selection into array Assume I have text separated with newline or text separated with space

a

b

c

d

e

a b c d e

I need after selection get [a,b,c,d,e]

Please advice any IDE or method how to achieve this

The following question is the same as yours in vim context only: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62069376/creating-a-list-or-tuple-out-of-one-word-per-line-in-vim/62071578#62071578 — Luc Hermitte, Jun 03 '20 at 14:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '20 at 14:41

A no-brainer solution

Make sure the following option is enabled:

For text separated with spaces:

Select the 'array-to-be', hit Ctrl+R and R again (to enter 'In selection' mode)
Type a space in the first field, , in the second
Click 'Replace all', hit Esc
With the text still selected, press [: the closing bracket will be added automatically

For multi-line text:

Select the 'array-to-be', hit Ctrl+R, enable 'Regex'
Type \n + in the first field, , in the second
Click 'Replace all', hit Esc
With the text still selected, press [: the closing bracket will be added automatically

The sequence of actions can be wrapped into a macro and assigned a single shortcut.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 03 '20 at 15:01

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Vim + Surround plugin. Enter visual mode, select what you need and press S].

answered Jun 03 '20 at 15:01

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SergioAraujo · Answer 3 · 2020-06-03T16:27:42.963

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The first group could be created by:

:%s/\v(\w)(\n)*/\1,/g | exec "norm! I[\<Esc>A]"

It takes care of:

a

b
...

\v ........... very magic regex
() ........... regex group
(\w) ......... letters
(\n)* ........ zero or more line breaks
\1 ........... repeat content of the first regex group

edited Jun 03 '20 at 16:27

answered Jun 03 '20 at 16:20

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Surround selection into array

3 Answers3

A no-brainer solution