Regex to enclose objects in an array

Question

I have lots of files containing many calls to a specific method which used to accept objects but now requires an array. I would like to use Notepad++ to find/replace all of these calls with the required array.

Here's an example:

attach({ name: 'filename', url: 'fileURL' })

This needs to be converted to:

attach([{ name: 'filename', url: 'fileURL' }])

Any help with this would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

I'd search for:

attach\((.+)\)

and replace it with

attach([$1])

This will capture everything between attach's parentheses and adds a pair of square brackets around it.

edit: Older versions of notepad++ use \1 instead of $1 to refer to the 1st captured group.