You could try modifying it like this. Changing \b to (?<=\b) makes it so the match starts at a word boundary but does not include the word boundary in the match. With the corresponding change to (?=\b) at the end of the pattern this prevents the spaces being part of the match so should prevent the alternating behavior.
And then (?-i) tells it to be case sensitive so you don't need to worry about the dialog setting. Find: (?-i)(?<=\b)([A-Z]+)(?=\b) Replace: \L\1 [fletcher] > On Jun 13, 2023, at 9:33 AM, 'Andy Nickless' via BBEdit Talk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you Kaveh, > It’s an ongoing project, so any improvement would be very welcome. > Andy > > On Tuesday, 13 June 2023 at 15:21:50 UTC+1 Kaveh Bazargan wrote: >> I can look again if it helps. is the job done or useful to have these >> enhancements added too? >> >> On Tue, 13 Jun 2023 at 14:40, 'Andy Nickless' via BBEdit Talk >> <[email protected] <>> wrote: >>> Thanks once again, Kaveh. >>> >>> I tried the search: \b([A-Z]+)\b >>> and replace: \L\1 >>> It left two word spaces before the lowercase word. >>> >>> When I changed the search to: ([A-Z]+) with word spaces before and after, >>> it did a great job as long as I used the Replace & Find button, but it had >>> one or two quirks. For instance, if you had consecutive uppercase words, it >>> would only find alternate ones. >>> Also, it didn't find capitalised words with commas, full-stops exclamation >>> marks or question marks. That would be useful. >>> Lastly, it also found the word I (capitalised, of course) which I didn't >>> want it to. >>> >>> I hope I'm not being too greedy! >>> Thanks so much for your help so far, it's saved me quite a lot of time. >>> >>> On Tuesday, 13 June 2023 at 13:42:14 UTC+1 Kaveh Bazargan wrote: >>>> Try this: >>>> >>>> search: \b([A-Z]+)\b >>>> replace: \L\1 >>>> >>>> case sensitive >>>> >>>> On Tue, 13 Jun 2023 at 13:25, 'Andy Nickless' via BBEdit Talk >>>> <[email protected] <>> wrote: >>>>> I have some text with random uppercase words (for emphasis) and I want >>>>> BBEdit to find them and replace them with lower case words. >>>>> I ONLY want to change words in which ALL the letters are uppercase - in >>>>> other words, leave the capital letters at the beginning of sentences and >>>>> names etc. >>>>> >>>>> As an example, if my sentence is: >>>>> The BIG CAT called George, sat on the DARK BROWN mat. >>>>> >>>>> I would like it to look like this: >>>>> The big cat called George, sat on the dark brown mat. >>>>> >>>>> Any help with this will be greatly appreciated. >>>>> Andy >>>>> >>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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