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==Examples== |
==Examples== |
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+ | ; <code>~</code> |
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: Toggle case of the character under the cursor, or all visually-selected characters. |
: Toggle case of the character under the cursor, or all visually-selected characters. |
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+ | ; <code>3~</code> |
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: Toggle case of the next three characters. |
: Toggle case of the next three characters. |
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+ | ; <code>g~3w</code> |
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: Toggle case of the next three words. |
: Toggle case of the next three words. |
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+ | ; <code>g~iw</code> |
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+ | : Toggle case of the current word (inner word – cursor anywhere in word). |
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+ | ; <code>g~$</code> |
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: Toggle case of all characters to end of line. |
: Toggle case of all characters to end of line. |
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+ | ; <code>g~~</code> |
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− | : Toggle case of the current line |
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The above uses ~ to toggle case. In each example, you can replace ~ with u to convert to lowercase, or with U to convert to uppercase. For example: |
The above uses ~ to toggle case. In each example, you can replace ~ with u to convert to lowercase, or with U to convert to uppercase. For example: |
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+ | ; <code>U</code> |
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: Uppercase the visually-selected text. |
: Uppercase the visually-selected text. |
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+ | : First press <code>v</code> or <code>V</code> then move to select text. |
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+ | : If you don't select text, pressing <code>U</code> will undo all changes to the current line. |
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+ | ; <code>gUU</code> |
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− | : Change the current line to uppercase |
+ | : Change the current line to uppercase (same as <code>VU</code>). |
+ | ; <code>gUiw</code> |
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: Change current word to uppercase. |
: Change current word to uppercase. |
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+ | ; <code>u</code> |
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: Lowercase the visually-selected text. |
: Lowercase the visually-selected text. |
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+ | : If you don't select text, pressing <code>u</code> will undo the last change. |
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+ | ; <code>guu</code> |
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+ | : Change the current line to lowercase (same as <code>Vu</code>). |
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==Title case== |
==Title case== |
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− | The</code> substitute command can change case |
+ | The <code>:s</code> substitute command can change case (see {{help|s/\u}}). |
The following converts the current line to Title Case (all lowercase, except for initial uppercase letters): |
The following converts the current line to Title Case (all lowercase, except for initial uppercase letters): |
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+ | <pre> |
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⚫ | '''Explanation''' The search pattern is <code>which searches for <code> then <code></code> (a word character), then <code>\</code> (zero or more word characters), then <code></code> (end of word). The <code></code> create subexpressions to be recalled with <code> and <code>in the replacement. The replacement is <code><code> which substitutes the two subexpressions transformed: The <code></code> converts the first character of what follows to uppercase, while <code></code> converts all of what follows to lowercase. |
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+ | :s/\<\(\w\)\(\w*\)\>/\u\1\L\2/g |
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+ | </pre> |
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⚫ | '''Explanation''' The search pattern is <code>\<\(\w\)\(\w*\)\></code> which searches for <code>\<</code> (beginning of word), then <code>\w</code> (a word character), then <code>\w*</code> (zero or more word characters), then <code>\></code> (end of word). The <code>\(...\)</code> create subexpressions to be recalled with <code>\1</code> and <code>\2</code> in the replacement. The replacement is <code>\u\1\L\2</code> which substitutes the two subexpressions transformed: The <code>\u</code> converts the first character of what follows to uppercase, while <code>\L</code> converts all of what follows to lowercase. |
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==Twiddle case== |
==Twiddle case== |
Revision as of 16:25, 8 March 2013
You can change the case of text:
- Toggle case "
HellO
" to "hELLo
" withg~
then a movement. - Uppercase "
HellO
" to "HELLO
" withgU
then a movement. - Lowercase "
HellO
" to "hello
" withgu
then a movement.
Alternatively, you can visually select text then press ~
to toggle case, or U
to convert to uppercase, or u
to convert to lowercase.
Examples
~
- Toggle case of the character under the cursor, or all visually-selected characters.
3~
- Toggle case of the next three characters.
g~3w
- Toggle case of the next three words.
g~iw
- Toggle case of the current word (inner word – cursor anywhere in word).
g~$
- Toggle case of all characters to end of line.
g~~
- Toggle case of the current line (same as
V~
).
The above uses ~ to toggle case. In each example, you can replace ~ with u to convert to lowercase, or with U to convert to uppercase. For example:
U
- Uppercase the visually-selected text.
- First press
v
orV
then move to select text. - If you don't select text, pressing
U
will undo all changes to the current line.
gUU
- Change the current line to uppercase (same as
VU
).
gUiw
- Change current word to uppercase.
u
- Lowercase the visually-selected text.
- If you don't select text, pressing
u
will undo the last change.
guu
- Change the current line to lowercase (same as
Vu
).
Title case
The :s
substitute command can change case (see :help s/\u).
The following converts the current line to Title Case (all lowercase, except for initial uppercase letters):
:s/\<\(\w\)\(\w*\)\>/\u\1\L\2/g
Explanation The search pattern is \<\(\w\)\(\w*\)\>
which searches for \<
(beginning of word), then \w
(a word character), then \w*
(zero or more word characters), then \>
(end of word). The \(...\)
create subexpressions to be recalled with \1
and \2
in the replacement. The replacement is \u\1\L\2
which substitutes the two subexpressions transformed: The \u
converts the first character of what follows to uppercase, while \L
converts all of what follows to lowercase.
Twiddle case
With the following (for example, in vimrc), you can visually select text then press ~
to convert the text to UPPER CASE
, then to lower case
, then to Title Case
. Keep pressing ~
until you get the case you want.
function! TwiddleCase(str) if a:str ==# toupper(a:str) let result = tolower(a:str) elseif a:str ==# tolower(a:str) let result = substitute(a:str,'\(\<\w\+\>\)', '\u\1', 'g') else let result = toupper(a:str) endif return result endfunction vnoremap ~ ygv"=TwiddleCase(@")<CR>Pgv
References
Comments
The following will skip single-letter words and words that aren't in uppercase. It also accounts for non-english latin characters.
:s/\v\C<([A-ZÀ-Ý])([A-ZÀ-Ý]+)>/\u\1\L\2/g
--Jenny 165.2.186.10 19:05, April 5, 2012 (UTC)
- Nice, thanks. I added
\C
to your command above to make the search case sensitive (it won't skip lowercase words if'ignorecase'
is set, unless\C
is present). JohnBeckett 09:58, April 6, 2012 (UTC)