Background

During the day I use a text editor quite a bit.

Some people it is a spreadsheet.

Others it is a word processor.

And, yet others it is a video or audio tool.

Cut & Paste

I cut and paste through the day.

 

Raw Text

Often it is raw text.

Here is a sample text

 

Revision

Broken Into Lines

Outline

I will like to break the pasted block into separate lines

Notepad++

Steps

1. Select the text
2. Use the menu items Search/Replace
3. In the Replace window
   • Find What
     • Syntax
       • Selected Text
     • Sample
       • Original
         • John, Smith, Bob, Wilson, Lance, Paul, Sandy, Latoya, Belinda
       • Revised
         • ,
   • Replace With
     • Syntax
     • Sample
       • Original
       • Revised
         • \n \t,
   • In Selection
     • Checked
   • Search Mode
     • Normal
     • Extended
     • Regular Expression

Images

Image – Editor – Text – Original

Image – Editor – Text – Highlighted

Image – Editor – Tab – Replacing

Image – Editor – Tab – Replaced

Image – Editor – Post

 

Referenced Work

1. Stack Overflow
   • How to break lines at a specific character in Notepad++?
     Link