Convert regular text to array using notepad++

Question

i am trying to use notepad++ to select a new line and replace it with this " ',' ", so that i can use it in PHP as an array and then work on it, but i dont know what regular expression to use in the search and replace form.

Below is what i have

Tunneller
Turf Accountant
Turkey Farmer
Turner
Tutor
Typesetter
Typewriter Engineer
Typist..

and you want to arrive at something like this - array like syntax to feed into my php document.

$array =  [Tunneller','Turf','Accountant','TurkeyFarmer','Turner','Tutor','Typesetter','Typewriter Engineer','Typist']

thanks.

Answer 1

To turn your input into a quoted, comma separated list (transform ALL lines from text to 'text', )

• Go to menu Search then Replace... .

• Make sure Search Mode is Regular Expression and . matches newline . matches newline is NOT checked.

Find what: .*

Replace with: '$0',

• Replace All

Then you just need to manually add $array = [ and the closing ]; .

Personally I would do it in PHP like this or something similar to read the file lines into an array:

$array = file('/path/to/file.txt', FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);

If you really need to print it as an array definition for some reason:

echo '<pre>$array = ' . var_export($array, true) . '</pre>';

Answer 2

1. Hit Ctrl + H

2. Activate the extended option

3. Put in search \\r\\n that means carriage return and new line

4. And put in replace ,