Put items in a format for in-list query

in list.ahk

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;~ #Include <default_Settings> 
#SingleInstance,Force
;***********save clipboard to retore later******************* 
Store:=ClipboardAll  ;Store full version of Clipboard
clipboard = ; Empty the clipboard
SendInput, ^c ;changd from Send  11/23
ClipWait, 1
If ErrorLevel { ;Added errorLevel checking	
	MsgBox, No text was sent to clipboard
	Return
}
;***********remove blank lines*******************       
Loop,parse,Clipboard,`n`r  ;loops through lines
	{
		New:=RegExReplace(A_LoopField,"^\s?$","") ;if line only has white space
		If (new!="") 
			NewText.=new "`r`n"  
	}
	Clipboard:=NewText
	NewText:=""
	
;***********clean up the text******************* 
	Trimmed:=RegExReplace(clipboard, "m)^\s?(.*)\s?$","$1") ;trim spaces from both sides
;***********************wrap special characthers********************************.
	StringReplace, Trimmed, Trimmed, &amp;, '||'&amp;'||',All ;wrap commas
	StringReplace, Trimmed, Trimmed, ', '',All ; double up ' so it escapes it
	
;***********************Create groups of 999********************************.
	Loop,
	{
		NewStr := RegExReplace(Trimmed, "`r`n", "','",1,998,1)  ;998 is max
		AddBreak := RegExReplace(NewStr, "`r`n", "`n`r*****************" . (A_Index*1000)+1 . "*****************`r",1,1,1)  
		If (AddBreak=NewStr) ;check to see if done looping through all items
			break
		Trimmed:=AddBreak ; 
	}
	Clipboard := RegExReplace(NewStr, "','$", "") ; Delete ending ','
	
;***********restore clipboard******************* 
	SendEvent , ^v
	Sleep, 50
	Clipboard:=Store
	
;***********wipe out vars of <strong> SQL in list</strong>******************* 
	New:="" , newstr:="" , newText:="" , Trimmed:="" , Addbreak:=""  ; Empty vars
	return