RegExReplace & Uppercase Topic is solved

[Bilows]

Authohotkey doesn't have an option in StringUpper to capitalize letters after an hyphen (HINT: request).

This rock-hard cake => This Rock-hard Cake
vs
This rock-hard cake => This Rock-Hard Cake

How do I uppercase all letters after an hyphen: [a-z]-[a-z] => [a-z]-[A-Z]

RegExReplace(aString, "[a-z]\-([a-z])", "$U1")
or
RegExReplace(aString, "\-([a-z])", "$U1")

[IMEime]

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MsgBox % RegExReplace( "brown-fox jumps-over", "([a-z]\-)([a-z])", "$1$U2")

[Guest]

The example works, but this doesn't:

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RegExReplace(aString, "([a-z]\-)([a-z])", "$1$U2")

[keyes]

Example with string works, but this doesn't:

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RegExReplace(aString, "([a-z]\-)([a-z])", "$1$U2")

But adding "MsgBox %" before code above works.

Since I'm using the RegExReplace inside a function, how to I make the changes to the variable so I can send it back as the result?

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RegExReplace(aString,"([a-z]\-)([a-z])","$1$U2")
Return aString

[IMEime]

what's aString ?

[Guest]

of course it works, you just need to assign it back to a variable (can be the same) just call RegExReplace() on its own doesn't change the contents of the string

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aString:="brown-fox jumps-over"
aString:=RegExReplace(aString, "([a-z]\-)([a-z])", "$1$U2")
MsgBox % aString

[IMEime]

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Return RegExReplace(aString,"([a-z]\-)([a-z])","$1$U2")

[keyes]

aString = variable that contains selected text (example: "the brown-fox in house")

1) StringUpper(aString) => "The Brown-fox In House"

2) myPrepositionsFix(aString) => "The Brown-fox in House"

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aString = % RegExReplace(aString,"(\-)([a-z])","$1$U2")

aString => "The Brown-Fox in House"

Needed to assign result of RegExReplace this way: aString = % RegExReplace()

[IMEime]

RegEx is not the point here.
Read the Help file.
Expression section.

That is really dirty part of AHK.
Should be fixed.

[keyes]

Never used RegEx in Autohotkey before so missed the assignment detail.

I see your point.