Ralph Shumaker wrote:
Ralph Shumaker wrote:
Now I want to do a search an replace (with verification) of something
involving mixed case. I tried to figure out the formula, but I'm
hitting a catch-22 with my limited knowledge.
Let's say I want to replace a whole bunch of "the" and "The" with
"this" and "This" respectively. And I need to make sure that "the"
and "The" are not preceded nor followed by alpha. How would I do
this? Oh, and how can I make it so that the highlighted match is
always vertically centered (so I can see context)?
("the" and "The" are not the only sets I want to replace with others,
so I really would like to know a formula. Or am I just better off
doing the replace twice? once for lowercase and again for upper?)
I think I just figured it out:
":%s/\([^A-Za-z][Tt]h\)e\([^A-Za-z]\)/\1is\2/c
The trick to getting it was to realize that the set \(\) is not
actually part of the search but only like an embedded copy function
with \1 and \2 being the embedded paste function.
(Sorry, guys. I slipped and hit send before trimming that last one.)
The above substitute command gives the following prompt:
replace with \1is\2 (y/n/a/q/l/^E/^Y)?
I know the first 4 items, but what are the others?
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