Is there a way to copy the case of a character and impose it on some other character in output?

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VS2008 allows you to use regular expressions in the find/replace dialogs.

I've run into a couple of moments where I've needed to copy the case of a specific character and impose it on the replace string.

For example I have a block of code that has Monday and monday scattered throughout. I want to change each Monday to a Friday as well as each monday to a friday.

Is this possible?

Please upvote the Case Preservation Search & Replace feature request for Visual Studio at this link: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/idea/580810/case-preserving-search-replace.html — thecoolmacdude, Dec 11 '19 at 20:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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This is not possible using the built-in Visual Studio Find and Replace window dialog.

Case preserving find/replace in Visual Studio

find and replace preserving case sensitivity

edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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answered Sep 08 '10 at 17:22

Leniel Maccaferri

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First link pretty much explains it all – Aaron D Sep 08 '10 at 18:25
First sentence explains it better than any of the links. – MushinNoShin Sep 08 '10 at 19:12
There really should exist something like this in the Find and Replace dialog. It's a time saver. – Leniel Maccaferri Sep 08 '10 at 19:14
Please upvote this feature request: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/idea/580810/case-preserving-search-replace.html – thecoolmacdude Dec 11 '19 at 20:03

Is there a way to copy the case of a character and impose it on some other character in output?

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