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How to change lower case to upper using regular expressions in Visual Studio Code

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I'm using Visual Studio Code 1.14.2, and I'm trying to change name of variables to camelCase eg. set_nominal_wavelength to setNominalWavelength.

Regular expression: _([a-z])

Replace: \U$1\E

does not work. Any idea how to achieve it?

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Maciej Haj Avatar asked Aug 02 '17 12:08

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1 Answers

There is a workaround:

  1. Open Replace dialog and enter regex: _([a-z])
  2. Then move focus to the editor area and press Ctrl+F2 ("Change All Occurrences")
  3. Then change case of selection (Ctrl+P >upper)
  4. Then press Left Arrow key and press Delete key
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Dmitry Sokolov Avatar answered Sep 25 '22 17:09

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