I’m afraid that I don’t have anything useful to contribute, but many, many 
years ago (1980s), I was using a programmable text editor (anybody remember TPU 
/ LSEdit for VMS?), and implemented exactly this feature. I used it all the 
time; and I’ve regretted ever since that I’ve never seen it in another editor.

Cheers,
Neil Faiman

> On Feb 28, 2024, at 12:38 PM, Jim Straus <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello all regex experts -
>   I'm looking to change a word in my code to another one, but it is sometimes 
> "Word", "word" or "WORD".  I can do this with three search and replaces.  I 
> also know about the \u\U modifications to the group (so \u\1 to uppercase the 
> first letter), but that doesn't really work, since I'm changing the word (not 
> using the group).  What I think I want is something that would take just the 
> case of the matched group and apply that to replacement text.  Or is there 
> another way to accomplish this in one pattern?
>   Thanks!
> -Jim Straus
> 
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