# Wrap Lines in Quotes or Brackets

> Add a prefix and suffix to every line and join them — build SQL IN lists, arrays and CSV rows.

Wrapping lines means adding the same prefix and suffix to each one and joining them with a separator — the fastest way to turn a pasted column of values into a SQL IN clause, a JavaScript array or a CSV row. Ready-made forms for all four are produced alongside your custom result.

**URL:** https://convertto.tech/t/line-wrapper
**Category:** Text Tools (https://convertto.tech/c/text-tools)
**Privacy:** Runs entirely in the browser; no upload
**Cost:** Free, no sign-up
**Last updated:** 2026-08-01

## Key facts

- **Privacy:** Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded
- **Cost:** Free, unlimited, no sign-up

## How to use

1. Enter or paste your lines.
2. Enter or paste your prefix each line with.
3. Enter or paste your suffix each line with.
4. Choose the join with.
5. Turn "Skip empty lines" on or off as needed.
6. Turn "Keep the final separator" on or off as needed.
7. The result appears immediately — copy or download it.

## FAQ

### Why not just use find and replace?

Because wrapping needs a prefix, a suffix and a separator applied together, and the quoting has to be right. Doing it in three passes is where a stray quote gets left behind and the SQL clause fails to parse.

### How are quotes inside values handled?

The SQL form doubles them, which is the correct escape in every major dialect — O'Brien becomes 'O''Brien'. The JSON form uses the standard serialiser, so backslashes and control characters are escaped properly too.

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