Declare and Underscor Multiple Variables

Nathan Heath

I need the following list of variables to be declared as Double and have underscores in place of whitespace. The list should resemble this variable:
Double Zimone_Quandrix_Prodigy;

Double Infuse with Vitality;
Double Inkling Summoning;
Double Kasmina Enigma Sage;//Kasmina comma
Double Killian Ink Duelist;//Killian comma
Double Lorehold Apprentice;
Double Lorehold Command;
Double Lorehold Excavation;
Double Lorehold Pledgemage;
Double Maelstrom Muse;
Double Magma Opus;
Double Make Your Mark;
Double Manifestation Sage;
Double Moldering Karok;
Double Mortality Spear;
Double Needlethorn Drake;
Double Oggyar Battle-Seer;
Double Owlin Shieldmage;
Double Pest Summoning;
Double Practical Research;
Prismari Apprentice;
Prismari Command;
Prismari Pledgemage;
Quandrix Apprentice;
Quandrix Command;
Quandrix Cultivator;
Quandrix Pledgemage;
Quintorius Field Historian;
Radiant Scrollwielder;
Reconstruct History;
Relic Sloth;
Returned Pastcaller;
Rip Apart;
Rise of Extus;
Rootha Mercurial Artist;
Rushed Rebirth;
Shadewing Laureate;
Shadrix Silverquill;
Silverquill Apprentice;
Silverquill Command;
Silverquill Pledgemage;
Silverquill Silencer;
Spectacle Mage;
Spirit Summoning;
Spiteful Squad;
Square Up;
Stonebound Mentor;
Tanazir Quandrix;
Teach by Example;
Tend the Pests;
Thrilling Discovery;
Vanishing Verse;
Velomachus Lorehold;
Venerable Warsinger;
Witherbloom Apprentice;
Witherbloom Command;
Witherbloom Pledgemage;

Does anyone know how I can accomplish this? I got some great advice for a problem similar to this from PeterJones in another thread. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

PeterJones

@Naeem-Heath ,

If your data is really like that, and there are no lines that shouldn’t be processed, I would do something like FIND = (?<!Double)\h and REPLACE = _ with regular expression mode. This looks for any horizontal space that isn’t preceded by Double and replaces the space with an underscore.

If your data has exceptions that aren’t mentioned in your description or in your example text, this of course won’t handle those exceptions.

I didn’t share my standard boilerplate last time, because I was answering from my phone browser then, but it looks like you will benefit from this standard advice.

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PeterJones

@Naeem-Heath

I didn’t see that not all the lines start with Double, and you seem to be indicating that you want them to.

FIND = ^(?!Double)
REPLACE = Double\x20
MODE = regular expression

This will find all lines that don’t start with Double, and add Double and a space (\x20 is a regex way of writing a literal space character, but that can be seen and copy/pasted in the forum post)

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Alan Kilborn

@Naeem-Heath said in Declare and Underscor Multiple Variables:

Double Oggyar Battle-Seer;

That text would probably be a problem as well (the hyphen), if what I think is really needed (turning this into code) really is.
It seems like the solution providers here think through the need more than the questioners.

astrosofista

@Naeem-Heath, All:

If I understood correctly the problem statement, one way to deal with it is by means of two regular expressions.

The first one will underscore every space, except those what it seems to be commented out. The second regex will declare all the variables.

Search: (?-s)\x20(?=.+;)
Replace: _

Search: (?-s)^(?!Double)|^Double_
Replace: Double\x20

So put the caret at the very beginning of the document, select just the Regular Expression mode, enter the first regex and click on Replace All. Repeat them for the second regex.

If search and replace issues are recurrent problems, as @PeterJones I would suggest you to read the regex guide in the FAQ section of this forum and start learning how to develop your own solutions. If in doubt, ask for help, but please make an effort to learn.

Nathan Heath

Thank you all. I wanted to know how to solve this myself, but did not exactly know what the information I need is called. Now I know, its regex stuff, I will look into it. Thank you again.

guy038

Hello, @Nathan-heath, @peterjones, @alan-kilborn, @astrosofista and All,

Here is my contribution, which merge the two regex S/R in one S/R only :

SEARCH (?-i)^(?!Double|$)|^Double\h

Replace Double_

So, from your example :

Double Infuse with Vitality;
Double Inkling Summoning;
Double Kasmina Enigma Sage;//Kasmina comma
Double Killian Ink Duelist;//Killian comma
Double Lorehold Apprentice;
Double Lorehold Command;
Double Lorehold Excavation;
Double Lorehold Pledgemage;
Double Maelstrom Muse;
Double Magma Opus;
Double Make Your Mark;
Double Manifestation Sage;
Double Moldering Karok;
Double Mortality Spear;
Double Needlethorn Drake;
Double Oggyar Battle-Seer;
Double Owlin Shieldmage;
Double Pest Summoning;
Double Practical Research;
Prismari Apprentice;
Prismari Command;
Prismari Pledgemage;
Quandrix Apprentice;
Quandrix Command;
Quandrix Cultivator;
Quandrix Pledgemage;
Quintorius Field Historian;
Radiant Scrollwielder;
Reconstruct History;
Relic Sloth;
Returned Pastcaller;
Rip Apart;
Rise of Extus;
Rootha Mercurial Artist;
Rushed Rebirth;
Shadewing Laureate;
Shadrix Silverquill;
Silverquill Apprentice;
Silverquill Command;
Silverquill Pledgemage;
Silverquill Silencer;
Spectacle Mage;
Spirit Summoning;
Spiteful Squad;
Square Up;
Stonebound Mentor;
Tanazir Quandrix;
Teach by Example;
Tend the Pests;
Thrilling Discovery;
Vanishing Verse;
Velomachus Lorehold;
Venerable Warsinger;
Witherbloom Apprentice;
Witherbloom Command;
Witherbloom Pledgemage;

You should get the expected output :

Double_Magma Opus;
Double_Make Your Mark;
Double_Manifestation Sage;
Double_Moldering Karok;
Double_Mortality Spear;
Double_Needlethorn Drake;
Double_Oggyar Battle-Seer;
Double_Owlin Shieldmage;
Double_Pest Summoning;
Double_Practical Research;
Double_Prismari Apprentice;
Double_Prismari Command;
Double_Prismari Pledgemage;
Double_Quandrix Apprentice;
Double_Quandrix Command;
Double_Quandrix Cultivator;
Double_Quandrix Pledgemage;
Double_Quintorius Field Historian;
Double_Radiant Scrollwielder;
Double_Reconstruct History;
Double_Relic Sloth;
Double_Returned Pastcaller;
Double_Rip Apart;
Double_Rise of Extus;
Double_Rootha Mercurial Artist;
Double_Rushed Rebirth;
Double_Shadewing Laureate;
Double_Shadrix Silverquill;
Double_Silverquill Apprentice;
Double_Silverquill Command;
Double_Silverquill Pledgemage;
Double_Silverquill Silencer;
Double_Spectacle Mage;
Double_Spirit Summoning;
Double_Spiteful Squad;
Double_Square Up;
Double_Stonebound Mentor;
Double_Tanazir Quandrix;
Double_Teach by Example;
Double_Tend the Pests;
Double_Thrilling Discovery;
Double_Vanishing Verse;
Double_Velomachus Lorehold;
Double_Venerable Warsinger;
Double_Witherbloom Apprentice;
Double_Witherbloom Command;
Double_Witherbloom Pledgemage;

In addition, if you re-run this regex S/R, nothing else is matched and replaced. Nice, isn’t it ?

Best Regards,

guy038