Re: putting double quotes efficiently

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 03.06.2013 09:26, schrieb Andreas Röhler:
> Am 03.06.2013 07:43, schrieb C K Kashyap:
> > Hi,
> > I am looking for a way to transform
> >
> > print line1
> > print line two
> > print line3
> >
> > into
> >
> > print "line1";
> > print "line two";
> > print "line3";
> >
> > most efficiently. For the first quote of each line I place the cursor
> > before line1 and I set the mark and then move all the way down to just
> > before line3 and then do a C-x-r-t " <RET>
> > Then I do a regexp replace to change $ to ";
> >
> > I'd like to do better. While at it, can I please also know how I can use
> > the line range in the mark set mode in user defined function?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kashyap
>
> M-x query-replace-regexp
>
> ^\([^ ]+\) \(.+\)
> RET
> \1 "\2;
> RET

resp. with missing " in replace expression

 \1 "\2";