[plug] vi regex

[Leon Blackwell]

On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 10:22:45AM +0800, Steve Grasso wrote:
> I have a monster data file filled WithWords LikeThis.
> I'm pulling out my hair putting together a vi substitution regex to split the 
> words on a capital letter without mucking up the white space already between 
> words. So, I have this: WithWords LikeThis and want to end up with this: With 
> Words Like This

Something like this:

:%s/\([A-Z][a-z]*\)\([A-Z][a-z]*\)/\1 \2/g

should do the trick.

Personally, I would have used Perl.  Mmmmmm... Peerrrl  :)


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