change to lowercase not working

ultra · May 29, 2006#12006-05-29T14:11+00:00

Hi,

VERSION ULTRAEDIT v12.10

I want to replace all link in a whole website to lower case:

For example:

<a href="SSsD.DOC" ----> <a href "sssd.doc"

I m using the new style regexp of ULTRAEDIT

My regexep is:

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href="^(*^).^(*^)

It would be replace by:

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href="\L^1.\L^2

But it doesn't work and it don't understand the special character \L

I have tried also:

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href="^1\L.^2\L

Can you help me please? I'm a newbie.

Regards

Mofi · May 29, 2006#22006-05-29T16:35+00:00

Sorry, but in UltraEdit style you cannot do that. You have mixed UltraEdit style with Perl compatible regular expression style.

Check at Configuration - Search - Regular Expression Engine if Perl compatible Regular Expressions is really enabled.

Then use following:

Find What: href="([^.]*).([^"]*)"
Replace With: href="\L\1.\2\E"

This will work (hopefully). It's also the first time I have used a Perl regex.

ultra · May 29, 2006#32006-05-29T18:17+00:00

So please what is the solution in UltraEdit style or Unix one?
Because I never use Perl style because I don't know it.

At Configuration - Search - Regular Expression Engine there's 3 modes:
1-Using the new regex UltraEdit style
2-regex UltraEdit style
3-regex Unix style

Mofi · May 29, 2006#42006-05-29T18:40+00:00

An automatic conversion to lowercase with a replace is only possible with Perl regex. The UltraEdit and the legacy Unix style are limited in their capabilities.

For details about UltraEdit/Unix regular expressions see in help of UE the topics "Find command" and "Regular Expressions". If you read these 2 help articles, you will not read anything about "convert to lowercase" because it is simply not possible.

In UltraEdit style only following macro can be used. But this macro can be executed only on the current file where as the Perl regex can be used also with Replace In Files.

InsertMode
ColumnModeOff
HexOff
UnixReOff
Top
Loop
Find RegExp "href="*""
IfFound
ToLower
Else
ExitLoop
EndIf
EndLoop

For the Perl regex engine you have to check the option at top of the Regular Expression Engine configuration dialog.

EllE · Jun 18, 2006#52006-06-18T22:28+00:00

and my lowercase all

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InsertMode
ColumnModeOff
HexOff
UnixReOff
Top
Loop 
Find RegExp "%[A-Z]*^p"
IfFound
ToLower
Else
ExitLoop
EndIf
EndLoop

exist something simplify?

PaoloFCantoni · Jun 19, 2006#62006-06-19T06:33+00:00

Mofi wrote:Find What: href="([^.]*).([^"]*)"
Replace With: href="\L\1.\2\E".

Hi Mofi (or anyone),

Can you tell me why \L ([^[:lower:]] - that is NOT lower) works and \l ([[:lower:]]) doesn't?

I had a similar problem to this one and I tried \l which didn't work! Then I remembered this posting and checked it out. \L works fine, but I don't really understand why... Like you, this is my first Perl RegEx (although I've used other RegExs before).

Also, I couldn't find \E in the help or the Boost site - what does it mean?

TIA,
Paolo

Mofi · Jun 19, 2006#72006-06-19T10:10+00:00

Hi Paolo!

Look at Regular Expressions Reference. There you can read about the difference of \l and \L and what \E means.

PaoloFCantoni · Jun 19, 2006#82006-06-19T11:07+00:00

Thanks Mofi,

That means that there are two definitions for \L depending on context?

Does the UE Help file need updating?

Paolo