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Add quotes around keys

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1. Introduction

Let us say you have keys like this.

ABC
XYZ
AB
ABCD

The goal is to have these keys surrounded by double quotes " and a comma ,.

"ABC",
"XYZ",
"AB",
"ABCD"

There are multiple ways of doing this.

2. Using Notepad++

  • Open your text file in Notepad++.
  • Press Ctrl + H to open the Find and Replace dialog.
  • Check "Match case" and tick the box "Match whole word only" (optional).
  • Check Search Mode: "Regular expression" at the bottom.
  • Use these fields:
  • Find what: ^(.*)$
  • Replace with: "\1",
  • Click Replace All.