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How to capitalize each letter coming after a particular string
Hello, I'm editing a PO translation file for a Wordpress website.
The former translator forgot to capitalize most first letters in sentences.
POedit doesn't allow me to capitalize each first letter, so I thought I'd use Notepad++ (but feel free to suggest something else).
I need to select each letter coming after this particular string: msgstr "
and capitalize it.
Maybe with Regex, not an expert though. Can somebody lend a hand? Thanks.
The former translator forgot to capitalize most first letters in sentences.
POedit doesn't allow me to capitalize each first letter, so I thought I'd use Notepad++ (but feel free to suggest something else).
I need to select each letter coming after this particular string: msgstr "
and capitalize it.
Maybe with Regex, not an expert though. Can somebody lend a hand? Thanks.
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Here's an extract. All words after 'msgstr "' need to begin with a capital letter.
#: E:\!our theme
#: wordpress\residence\!versions\1.09\wpresidence/libs/property.php:458
msgid "Bedrooms: "
msgstr "camere da letto:"
#: E:\!our theme
#: wordpress\residence\!versions\1.09\wpresidence/libs/property.php:467
msgid "Bathrooms: "
msgstr "bagni:"
#: E:\!our theme
#: wordpress\residence\!versions\1.09\wpresidence/libs/property.php:550
#: wordpress\residence\!versions\1.09\wpresidence/templates/submit_templates/property_location.php:173
msgid "Place Pin with Property Address"
msgstr "posizionare Pin con indirizzo dell'immobile"
Could you confirm if after msgstr string is always space+quotation mark before the word that you want to capitalize starts?
Then I guess one solution would be to import it in Microsoft Word and use some VBA code.
Search for the string <msgstr "> and then find the letter/character following that string. Then capitalize it.
I do not know all the steps now, but this is how I would do it.
The difficulty that I have now is to find the character after that string. The string itself is easy to find, but to specify the following letter I have no idea for the moment. The rest should not be so complicated.
Let's see what other people suggest. If in mean time I have a solution I will let you know.
Search for the string <msgstr "> and then find the letter/character following that string. Then capitalize it.
I do not know all the steps now, but this is how I would do it.
The difficulty that I have now is to find the character after that string. The string itself is easy to find, but to specify the following letter I have no idea for the moment. The rest should not be so complicated.
Let's see what other people suggest. If in mean time I have a solution I will let you know.
The regex find pattern should be simple enough.
\. +[a-z]
The replacement will depend on the tool you are using.
\. +[a-z]
The replacement will depend on the tool you are using.
you could use the macro Recorder in visual Studio (download vs express or vs community for free if not available).
open the text file in the vs text editor.
now you could use the macro by CTRL+SHIFT+P until all occurrences were changed.
note, of course you could use any macro recorder for this task. some control sequences may differ, though.
Sara
open the text file in the vs text editor.
CTRL+SHIFT+R starts the macro Recorder
CTRL+F opens search window
msgstr " enter this at Find What
check find options 'Match case' and 'Match whole word'
F3 leaves find window and selects search string
<-- cancels selection
CTRL+--> moves text cursor to " without selection
--> moves to first character after "
CTRL+SHIFT+U capatalizes first character after "
CTRL+SHIFT+R ends macro recording
now you could use the macro by CTRL+SHIFT+P until all occurrences were changed.
note, of course you could use any macro recorder for this task. some control sequences may differ, though.
Sara
Simplest solution:
str_replace() will replace each occurrence of a string in the first array with the equivalent string in the second array by position.
You could use a loop to create the arrays first to cut down on typing.
<?php
$text = "Your file's contents";
$Text = str_replace('['msgstr "a','msgstr "b','etc',],['msgstr "A','msgstr "B','Etc',],$text);
str_replace() will replace each occurrence of a string in the first array with the equivalent string in the second array by position.
You could use a loop to create the arrays first to cut down on typing.
If you have Notepad++ with the TextFX plug-in installed, you can select all the text and do the following on the menu bar:
TextFX | TextFX Characters | Sentence Case
Note: The "|" represents the appearance of a sub menu
TextFX | TextFX Characters | Sentence Case
Note: The "|" represents the appearance of a sub menu
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