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    • EkopalypseE
      Ekopalypse @PeterJones
      last edited by

      A PS solution might be this

      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
      

      It would convert a current document

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      to

      select field1, field2, field3 from table1
      where name in ('1','2','3','4','5')
      or name in ('6','7','8','9','10')
      or name in ('11','12','13','14','15')
      or name in ('16','17')
      
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      • Alan KilbornA
        Alan Kilborn
        last edited by

        LOL, what’s with all the base64?
        Make 'em demonstrate some thinking?
        Gotta push the lever to get the reward?

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        • EkopalypseE
          Ekopalypse @Alan Kilborn
          last edited by

          @Alan-Kilborn

          :-D if it is not of interest then we minimized wasting space :-D

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          • PeterJonesP
            PeterJones
            last edited by PeterJones

            @Alan-Kilborn said in One line per 1000 items in a macro?:

            LOL, what’s with all the base64?

            This time, primarily for space, and because my Perl solution was technically off-topic for the Forum (*), so didn’t want to clutter for others. Often, I will also use base64 when I think the OP hasn’t shown any effort, but since @sepodele is a first-time poster, and showed effort by pasting the existing macro, that wasn’t the case here.

            (*: if I’d had the time to polish it up with my nearly-ready Win32::Mechanize::NotepadPlusPlus Perl module commands, and make it work with the files inside Notepad++, rather than just a command-line Perl script, it would’ve been more on-topic. If I can find time today or this weekend to do that, I will post it here and use it as an example of how to use my Perl module.)

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            • PeterJonesP
              PeterJones
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              • PeterJonesP
                PeterJones @PeterJones
                last edited by

                @PeterJones said in One line per 1000 items in a macro?:

                If I can find time today

                For Perl users: install Win32::Mechanize:;NotepadPlusPlus into your Perl instance from the github repo (sorry, not quite ready for official CPAN release). (Note that Perl 32-vs-64bit must match Notepad++ 32-vs-64bit)

                Run the following script with your list of lines (doesn’t even have to be a named or saved file) in the active Notepad++ editor window. Results are equivalent to @Ekopalypse’s PythonScript.

                use warnings;
                use strict;
                
                use Win32::Mechanize::NotepadPlusPlus qw/:main/;
                
                my @lines = split /\R|\0/, editor()->getText();
                
                my $max_lines = 5;  # change this to 1000 or whatever value you want to have
                my $sql = "select field1, field2, field3 from table1\n";
                my $template = "where name in (%s)\n";
                
                my $i = 0;
                while ($i <= $#lines) {
                    my $j = $i + $max_lines - 1;
                    $j = $#lines if $j > $#lines;
                
                    $sql .= sprintf $template, join ',', map {qq('$_')} @lines[$i .. $j];
                    $template = "or name in (%s)\n" if $i==0;
                    $i += $max_lines;
                }
                print STDERR $sql;
                
                editor->beginUndoAction();
                editor->setText($sql);
                editor->endUndoAction();
                

                (sorry for the deleted post; my first copy still had editor1 (which I was using for debug – so it didn’t matter if I left my script editor as the focus, it would always go to the left editor) rather than editor (which will always use the active editor window)

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                • guy038G
                  guy038
                  last edited by guy038

                  Hello, @sepodele, @peterjones, @ekopalypse and All,

                  Many thanks, @peterjones and @ekopalypse, for finding a solution to the @sepodele problem, in your area of expertise ;-))

                  Also, I will try to find a search/replacement in my field, as well !


                  First, let’s build our list of numbers :

                  • Open a new tab ( Ctrl + N )

                  • Hit the Enter key once

                  • Move back to the very beginning

                  • Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )

                  • SEARCH (\R)

                  • REPLACE $0$0

                  • Select the Regular expression search mode

                  • Hit, repeatedly, on the Replace All button or use several times the Alt + A shortcut

                  => Each time, the number of empty lines created increases by a power of 2. That is to say that, after 10 processes, you should get 1024 empty lines ( = 2^10 )

                  • Move back to the very beginning, if necessary

                  • Open the Column Editor ( Edit > Column Editor... ) or ( Alt + C )

                  • Select the Number to insert option

                  • Type in the value 1 in the 3 fields

                  • Do not tick the Leading zeros option ( IMPORTANT )

                  • Select the Dec format

                  • Click on the OK button

                  => You get a list of numbers from 1 to 1025


                  Now, let’s build the suitable regex S/R to mimic the @peterjones and @ekopalypse solutions. Let’s suppose that you want to separate this list in blocks of 99 elements. Then, use the following regex S/R :

                  SEARCH ((1)|(\d*99)|\d+)\x20*(\R\Z|\z|(\R))

                  REPLACE (?2select field1, field2, field3 from table1\5where name in \()'\1'(?5(?3\)\5or name in \(:,):\)\r\n)

                  • Tick the Wrap Around option

                  • Select the Regular expresion search mode

                  • Click on the Replace All button

                  Et voilà, magic, isn’t it !!!

                  For people using Unix files, simply delete the \r, at the end of the replace expression

                  To split the list in blocks of 100 elements use the search regex ((1)|(\d*00)|\d+)\x20*(\R\Z|\z|(\R))

                  To split the list in blocks of 999 elements use the search regex ((1)|(\d*999)|\d+)\x20*(\R\Z|\z|(\R))

                  To split the list in blocks of 1,000 elements use the search regex ((1)|(\d*000)|\d+)\x20*(\R\Z|\z|(\R))

                  To split in blocks of 499 elements, use the search regex ((1)|(\d*499|\d*999)|\d+)\x20*(\R\Z|\z|(\R))

                  To split in blocks of 500 elements, use the search regex ((1)|(\d*500|\d*000)|\d+)\x20*(\R\Z|\z|(\R))

                  Whatever the search regex used, the replace regex does not change !


                  Notes :

                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Search ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                  ((1)|(\d*99)|\d+)\x20*(\R\Z|\z|(\R))
                  
                  
                  Group 1 = ((1)|(\d*99)|\d+) = CURRENT number, without POSSIBLE trailing SPACE characters
                  
                      Group 2 = (1)           = The number '1', ONLY
                  
                      Group 3 = (\d*99)       = CURRENT number, with the LAST TWO digits = '9'
                  
                      \d+                     = CURRENT number, WITHOUT the LAST TWO digits = '9'
                  
                  \x20*                       = Possible SPACE characters, after CURRENT number
                  
                  Group 4 = (\R\Z|\z|(\R))    = Any kind of Line ENDING
                  
                      \R\Z                    = Any Line-BREAK at END of the list
                  
                      \z                      = The VERY END of the file, after the LAST number
                  
                      Group 5 = (\R)          = Any Line-BREAK, NOT at END of the list
                  
                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Replacement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                  
                  (?2select field1, field2, field3 from table1\5where name in \()'\1'(?5(?3\)\5or name in \(:,):\)\r\n)
                  
                  
                  (?2                                                         # IF group 2 ( Number 1 )
                  select field1, field2, field3 from table1\5where name in \( #     WRITE 'select .... table1' + Line BREAK + 'where name in ('
                  )                                                           # END group 2
                  
                  '\1'                                                        # Then, in ALL cases, WRITE a SINGLE quote + CURRENT number + SINGLE quote
                  
                  (?5                                                         # IF group 5 (Line-BREAK, NOT at END of the list )
                  (?3                                                         #     IF group 3 ( CURRENT number with the LAST TWO digits are '9' )
                  \)\5or name in \(                                           #         WRITE ')' + Line BREAK + 'or name in ('
                  :                                                           #     ELSE
                  ,                                                           #        WRITE ','
                  )                                                           #     END group 3
                  :                                                           # ELSE
                  \)\r\n                                                      #     WRITE ')' + Line BREAK
                  )                                                           # END group 5
                  

                  Best Regards,

                  guy038

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                  • sepodeleS
                    sepodele @guy038
                    last edited by

                    @guy038 I’m quite overwhelmed by the response to my question but I’d like to try your approach first since it was regex I used to get my macro in the first place.

                    I realize now that I should have specified my wish better in the original post because your solution is made for only digits. What I want/need is for it to comma separate any value on one line. Here are two examples:

                    512141
                    123123
                    129391

                    ASDKJASD-222
                    ASDLKJ 222
                    ASDLKJASD

                    Should become:

                    ‘512141’, ‘123123’, ‘129391’
                    ‘ASDKJASD-222’, ‘ASDLKJ 222’, ‘ASDLKJASD’

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                    • guy038G
                      guy038
                      last edited by guy038

                      Hello, @sepodele and All,

                      Sorry for my late reply (Yesterday, I accompanied an instructor from the French Ski School with children from 6-7 years old, all beginners… And… it’s not as easy as it seems ;-)) Most of them seem to be a bit in the moonlight, looking everywhere else… except the monitor ! They are also quickly tired, with many falls without gravity, luckily !)


                      So, here is my second, more general, attempt, with the following rules :

                      • To begin the select .......... section, place the caret, at least, 2 blank lines above the comments line or above the first element of list(s)

                      • You may add some comment lines to identify the different lists. A comment line will always begins a line with 3 sharp symbols. These possible ###.... comments must be preceded with a blank line and may be followed by any number of blank lines, even none

                      • To begin a new or name in(..., ..., ..., ...) line, simply add, at least, 1 blank line between items of current list

                      • The last element, of the last list, must be followed with a final blank line


                      For instance, let’s imagine the input text, below :

                      
                      
                      ### Your examples :
                      
                      512141
                      123123
                      129391
                      
                      ASDKJASD-222
                      ASDLKJ 222
                      ASDLKJASD
                      
                      
                      ### A TEST :
                      This is
                      just a
                      small test
                      
                      ### French regions :
                      
                      Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
                      Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
                      Bretagne
                      Centre-Val de Loire
                      Corse
                      Grand Est
                      Hauts-de-France
                      Île-de-France
                      Normandie
                      Nouvelle-Aquitaine
                      Occitanie
                      Pays de la Loire
                      Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
                      Guadeloupe
                      Martinique
                      Guyane
                      La Réunion
                      Mayotte
                      
                      ### List of numbers
                      
                      37
                      38
                      39
                      40
                      41
                      42
                      43
                      44
                      45
                      46
                      
                      47
                      48
                      49
                      50
                      51
                      
                      52
                      53
                      54
                      55
                      56
                      57
                      
                      
                      ### States of America :
                      
                      Alabama
                      Alaska
                      Arizona
                      Arkansas
                      California
                      Colorado
                      Connecticut
                      Delaware
                      Florida
                      Georgia
                      Hawaii
                      Idaho
                      Illinois
                      Indiana
                      Iowa
                      Kansas
                      Kentucky
                      Louisiana
                      Maine
                      Maryland
                      Massachusetts
                      Michigan
                      Minnesota
                      Mississippi
                      Missouri
                      Montana
                      Nebraska
                      Nevada
                      New Hampshire
                      New Jersey
                      New Mexico
                      New York
                      North Carolina
                      North Dakota
                      Ohio
                      Oklahoma
                      Oregon
                      Pennsylvania
                      Rhode Island
                      South Carolina
                      South Dakota
                      Tennessee
                      Texas
                      Utah
                      Vermont
                      Virginia
                      Washington
                      Washington D.C.
                      West Virginia
                      Wisconsin
                      Wyoming
                      

                      With the following regex S/R :

                      SEARCH (?-s)(###.*\R+)|\h*(.+?)\h*\R(\R+)?(\z)?|(^\R){2,}

                      REPLACE (?1:(?5select field1, field2, field3 from table1\r\nwhere name in \(:'\2'(?4\)\r\n:(?3\)\r\nor name in \(:,))))

                      It would result the following output text :

                      select field1, field2, field3 from table1
                      where name in ('512141','123123','129391')
                      or name in ('ASDKJASD-222','ASDLKJ 222','ASDLKJASD')
                      or name in ('This is','just a','small test')
                      or name in ('Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes','Bourgogne-Franche-Comté','Bretagne','Centre-Val de Loire','Corse','Grand Est','Hauts-de-France','Île-de-France','Normandie','Nouvelle-Aquitaine','Occitanie','Pays de la Loire','Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur','Guadeloupe','Martinique','Guyane','La Réunion','Mayotte')
                      or name in ('37','38','39','40','41','42','43','44','45','46')
                      or name in ('47','48','49','50','51')
                      or name in ('52','53','54','55','56','57')
                      or name in ('Alabama','Alaska','Arizona','Arkansas','California','Colorado','Connecticut','Delaware','Florida','Georgia','Hawaii','Idaho','Illinois','Indiana','Iowa','Kansas','Kentucky','Louisiana','Maine','Maryland','Massachusetts','Michigan','Minnesota','Mississippi','Missouri','Montana','Nebraska','Nevada','New Hampshire','New Jersey','New Mexico','New York','North Carolina','North Dakota','Ohio','Oklahoma','Oregon','Pennsylvania','Rhode Island','South Carolina','South Dakota','Tennessee','Texas','Utah','Vermont','Virginia','Washington','Washington D.C.','West Virginia','Wisconsin','Wyoming')
                      

                      I hope my example speaks for itself !

                      Remark : If you want, in my example, to process, only, the last list of the states of America, simply put the caret 2 blank lines, above that list ( so, right under number 57 ) and run the regex S/R. Of course, in that case, the Wrap around option will be un-ticked, to prevent for processing from beginning of file !

                      Best Regards,

                      guy038

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                      • sepodeleS
                        sepodele @guy038
                        last edited by

                        @guy038 Forgive me. I see I’ve failed to explain my wish accurately again. <insert gif of facepalm here>

                        When I wrote my two examples I didn’t mean that there would be two different lists in one N++ tab. It was just to illustrate that it would sometimes be numbers and sometimes characters. I still need it to separate into a new line for every 1000 items and not after a blank line.

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                        • guy038G
                          guy038
                          last edited by guy038

                          Hi, @sepodele and All,

                          Ah…, Indeed ! I was a bit annoyed to process your two lists, below, simultaneously, as I needed a way to know where to finish one line or name in(..., ...) and begin a new one and I decided, on my own, to do the change on any blank line

                          512141
                          123123
                          129391
                          
                          ASDKJASD-222
                          ASDLKJ 222
                          ASDLKJASD
                          

                          Now, I understand that you have, only, 1 list, which contains, generally, over 1,000 items, with various characters and that you certainly do not need any comment line at all ! So, everything is much more simple ;-))

                          We just have to consider a single list, pasted in a new N++ tab, which does not contain any line-break !


                          Now, let’s suppose, for instance, that you have the list of states of America ( 51 states ) and that you want to make a break every 10 lines

                          • Open a new N++ tab ( Ctrl + N )

                          • Paste your list in this new tab

                          • Add a final line-break ( IMPORTANT )

                          • SEARCH ^(.+\R){1,10}

                          • REPLACE \r\n$0

                          You should get the text below, with a line break added before each block of 10 lines maximum :

                          
                          Alabama
                          Alaska
                          Arizona
                          Arkansas
                          California
                          Colorado
                          Connecticut
                          Delaware
                          Florida
                          Georgia
                          
                          Hawaii
                          Idaho
                          Illinois
                          Indiana
                          Iowa
                          Kansas
                          Kentucky
                          Louisiana
                          Maine
                          Maryland
                          
                          Massachusetts
                          Michigan
                          Minnesota
                          Mississippi
                          Missouri
                          Montana
                          Nebraska
                          Nevada
                          New Hampshire
                          New Jersey
                          
                          New Mexico
                          New York
                          North Carolina
                          North Dakota
                          Ohio
                          Oklahoma
                          Oregon
                          Pennsylvania
                          Rhode Island
                          South Carolina
                          
                          South Dakota
                          Tennessee
                          Texas
                          Utah
                          Vermont
                          Virginia
                          Washington
                          Washington D.C.
                          West Virginia
                          Wisconsin
                          
                          Wyoming
                          

                          Remark : If you don’t want to bother about adding a final line-break, prefer the Peter’s solution, in the next post !


                          Then using this second regex S/R :

                          • SEARCH (?-s)\h*(.+?)\h*\R(\R+)?(\z)?|(^\R)

                          • REPLACE (?4select field1, field2, field3 from table1\r\nwhere name in \(:'\1'(?3\)\r\n:(?2\)\r\nor name in \(:,)))

                          You’ll get your expected text :

                          select field1, field2, field3 from table1
                          where name in ('Alabama','Alaska','Arizona','Arkansas','California','Colorado','Connecticut','Delaware','Florida','Georgia')
                          or name in ('Hawaii','Idaho','Illinois','Indiana','Iowa','Kansas','Kentucky','Louisiana','Maine','Maryland')
                          or name in ('Massachusetts','Michigan','Minnesota','Mississippi','Missouri','Montana','Nebraska','Nevada','New Hampshire','New Jersey')
                          or name in ('New Mexico','New York','North Carolina','North Dakota','Ohio','Oklahoma','Oregon','Pennsylvania','Rhode Island','South Carolina')
                          or name in ('South Dakota','Tennessee','Texas','Utah','Vermont','Virginia','Washington','Washington D.C.','West Virginia','Wisconsin')
                          or name in ('Wyoming')
                          

                          IMPORTANT : Of course, in your case, the break must occur after 1,000 lines. Then, simply change the first regex S/R as below :

                          • SEARCH ^(.+\R){1,1000}

                          • REPLACE \r\n$0

                          Note : You may also decide to make the break after 100 or 500 lines. Just change the first regex, accordingly ;-))

                          If everything works as you like to, I’ll explain, the regexes, next time !

                          Cheers,

                          guy038

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                          • PeterJonesP
                            PeterJones
                            last edited by

                            @guy038 said in One line per 1000 items in a macro?:

                            Add a final line-break ( IMPORTANT )

                            Hmm. You just issued a challenge, because it’s not like you to make one of the critical steps be outside of a regex. :-)

                            • SEARCH ^(.+(\R|(\z))){1,10} (or 1000 for the OP requirements)
                            • REPLACE \r\n$0(?3\r\n)

                            If the last line in the file doesn’t contain a newline, it will still match for the 1-10 (or 1-1000) line groups; if there is the end-of-file instead of newline, it will add a newline at the end as well; and if the final line is an empty line, it won’t bother putting the extra newline at the end.

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                            • guy038G
                              guy038
                              last edited by guy038

                              Hi, @sepodele, @peterjones,

                              Peter, you’re right about that;-)) In fact, after posting, I wondered how the regex would react if the last item, in the list, did not end with a line-break…And, unfortunately, the last closing parenthesis was missing :-((

                              So, out of laziness, rather than reworking my second S/R, which, obviously, does not cover all cases, I admit that I opted for the easy way out, simply adding the line, below, to my previous post :

                              • Add a final line-break ( IMPORTANT )

                              But, Peter, you found a nice and correct solution by modifying the first S/R, which is easier to grasp. Thanks !

                              Cheers,

                              guy038

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                              • Alan KilbornA
                                Alan Kilborn @guy038
                                last edited by

                                @guy038 said in One line per 1000 items in a macro?:

                                Add a final line-break ( IMPORTANT )

                                This is the better solution when dealing with files that you “own”. Don’t beat your head against the wall trying to come up with the perfect regex for the end-of-file oddity…

                                Editorial: …Especially since Notepad++ has no native way to force adding of a line-ending right before end-of-file…grrrr…

                                But sometimes it (the regex EOF technique) IS worth thinking about when you have to process files that you either don’t “own” (meaning you can’t change them), or you have to deal with files you receive on a continual basis that maybe don’t end “well”.

                                So this is a good lead-in to a plugin I discovered recently (well, I knew about it for a long time, but just lately had a need for it): “EditorConfig” It has the ability to make it so that there is always a line-ending at end-of-file when you save (as well as some other nice features – “how many spaces is a tab”, etc.), so, at least for your own files, worrying about the right regex for handling an oddball bottom-of-file situation becomes moot. The plugin allows settings on a “project by project” (or file-by-file) basis, so it is much more encompassing than some of Notepad++'s native configuration-by-extension settings.

                                I quickly decided I love EditorConfig, for many reasons. OT: I even noticed that Visual Studio respects the configuration files I made for EditorConfig, automatically – nice. Except I noticed this when I was hacking Notepad++ source (which uses tab characters) and since my config files (created for other projects) said “no tabs!”, VS was also inserting spaces when I hit the Tab key.

                                Bottom line: EditorConfig is a good plugin, and can easily give you the “insert-line-ending-before-end-of-file” capability that Notepad++ doesn’t natively provide – in case you don’t always want to think about what happens when doing regex searches/replacements at end-of-file.

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                                • sepodeleS
                                  sepodele
                                  last edited by

                                  Great stuff guys. It works like a charm! Thank you! :-)

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