Regex formula for following expression

Question

I have a an array which is separated by commas, I want each word to be replaced with double quotes (for each and every word) as shown below:

a1.large,a2.large,a3.large,b4.medium

Should become:

"a1.large","a2.large","a3.large","b4.medium"

Can anyone tell how to do it in notepad++ using find and replace using regex.

Find `\w+` and replace with `"$1"` ? By the way, please clean up your sample data as it appears to have stray spaces and other formatting issues. — Tim Biegeleisen, Jan 14 '22 at 04:33
Are there every multiple words between commas? eg `car, car keys, pepper spray, wallet`? — Bohemian, Jan 14 '22 at 04:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 14 '22 at 06:08

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Match words and replace with quoted match:

Find: \w+
Replace: "$0"

If multiple words are possible between commas, eg "car, car keys, wallet" change find regex:

Find: \w+( +\w+)*
Replace: "$0"

$0 is group zero, which is the entire match.

answered Jan 14 '22 at 06:08

Bohemian

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 14 '22 at 10:13

Explanation:

[^,\r\n]+       # 1 or more any character that is not a comma or linebreak

Replacement:

"$0"            # the whole match surrounded with quotes

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 14 '22 at 12:47

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Find: [\w.]*
Replace All:"$0"

answered Jan 14 '22 at 12:47

Haji Rahmatullah

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 14 '22 at 06:04

In notepad++, do the following:

Explanation:

\w+ - matches 1 or more word characters, as many as possible
(?:\s*\w+)* - matches 0 or more occurrences of 0+ spaces followed by 1+ word characters. This submattern will allow us to match multiple words separated by white-spaces between commas.
\s* - match 0 or more white spaces
(?=,|$) - positive lookahead that matches the current position if it is followed either by a , or by end of the line
() - everything matched so far will be captured in Group 1

Demo

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