RegexCase Changing

GregTheGrate · 12-02-2014, 11:47 PM

There are a number of times where a scanned book (out of copyright of course) has the first character of a sentence in lower case. I would like to change these to upper.

I understand that \U and \L are not supported in the Regex engine used in the Calibre editor.

Is there any other way to change case in a Regex replace statement in the Calibre editor?

eschwartz · 12-03-2014, 01:45 AM

Yes, using the just-created function mode.

A little overkill, in simple cases like this, but the regex engine calibre uses doesn't support those switches.

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/function_mode.html

There are builtin functios for titlecasing, capitalizing, uppercasing and lowercasing. That should work here, although arbitrary case-changing would require a function.

GregTheGrate · 12-04-2014, 12:07 AM

Thank you. I hadn't gone there yet - scared - but it proved to be very simple

eschwartz · 12-04-2014, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GregTheGrate

Thank you. I hadn't gone there yet - scared - but it proved to be very simple

Good to hear you had success.

12-02-2014, 11:47 PM	#1
GregTheGrate Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: Kindle, iPad	RegexCase Changing There are a number of times where a scanned book (out of copyright of course) has the first character of a sentence in lower case. I would like to change these to upper. I understand that \U and \L are not supported in the Regex engine used in the Calibre editor. Is there any other way to change case in a Regex replace statement in the Calibre editor?

12-03-2014, 01:45 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Yes, using the just-created function mode. A little overkill, in simple cases like this, but the regex engine calibre uses doesn't support those switches. http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/function_mode.html There are builtin functios for titlecasing, capitalizing, uppercasing and lowercasing. That should work here, although arbitrary case-changing would require a function. Last edited by eschwartz; 12-03-2014 at 01:53 AM.

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12-04-2014, 12:07 AM	#3
GregTheGrate Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: Kindle, iPad	Thank you. I hadn't gone there yet - scared - but it proved to be very simple

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