Regular expression replace

Question

I have to replace "something" in file with :something. My editor is kate can anyone suggest a search expression and placeholder for that.

Example

Input

"code"
"name"
"remark"

Output

:code
:name
:remark

Answer 1

Why isn't a simple search and replace suitable? pattern: something replace: :something

Answer 2

search: (something)
replace: :\1

Answer 3

search for "(\w+)", replace with :\1