Regular expression replaces

Question

I need to replace "something"the file with :something. My editor is Kate, can someone suggest a search expression and placeholder for this.

Example

Input

"code"
"name"
"remark"

Output

:code
:name
:remark

Answer 1

find "(\w+)", replace with:\1

Answer 2

search: (something)
replace :: \ 1

Answer 3

Why aren't simple searches and replacements suitable? template: replace something :: something