regex matching expression notepad++

Question

I am really having trouble with regex using notepad++:

For any single word following an equal sign (=), place what follows the equal sign in quotes. eg: a = bcd becomes a = "bcd"

This is what I have but it is giving me problems:

s/=\([^" >][^ >]*\)/="\1"/g

* I am using the regex to search through a word document in Notepad++

Are you saying you're using Perl style regular expressions in notepad++, or that you're using notepad++ to create a perl script? — phatfingers, May 05 '13 at 00:21
Your specs and results don't match. You said, "place what follows the equal sign in quotes," but there's a whitespace after the "=" in `a = bcd` that your desired result doesn't include. Did you mean "place non-whitespace characters following the equal sign in in quotes" or place all equal-sign-following characters within quotes? — Kenosis, May 05 '13 at 00:22
If you need to provide more information about your question, update your question. Don't ask the same question three times! — ikegami, May 05 '13 at 00:29
actually that other post is a completely different question. — Bob Smithsfield, May 05 '13 at 00:30
[No, it's really not](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16379732/perl-regex-assistance). You've got three posts asking the same two related questions, all of which are "subpar". — ikegami, May 05 '13 at 00:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '13 at 00:42

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Try this:

Search: (=\s*)(\w+\b)
Replace: $1"$2"

answered May 05 '13 at 00:42

Bohemian

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 05 '13 at 00:15

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This should work

$searchText =~ s/(\w* *\= *)(\w*)/$1"$2"/g;

You should be specific about what is a word and what isn't and other constraints

answered May 05 '13 at 00:15

aaronman

phatfingers · Answer 3 · 2013-05-05T00:30:45.997

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To place quotes around anything unquoted after equals in Notepad++ using a regex:

Find What: =\s*([^"]*)$ Replace With: = "\1"

edited May 05 '13 at 00:30

answered May 05 '13 at 00:19

phatfingers

Kind of I am trying.... I am to create quotations surrounding any word following an equal sign – Bob Smithsfield May 05 '13 at 00:20
@BobSmithsfield - Any word, all words (individually or collectively)? Will there be more than one word? – Kenosis May 05 '13 at 00:25
any words and all words after an equal sign – Bob Smithsfield May 05 '13 at 00:28
By checking for quotes in the regex, you can run the search and replace multiple times without wrapping quoted text in more quotes. – phatfingers May 05 '13 at 00:32

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