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+2  Q: 

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

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?

+2  A: 

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

Leniel Macaferi  2010-09-08 17:22:17
First link pretty much explains it all
Aaron D  2010-09-08 18:25:19
First sentence explains it better than any of the links.
MushinNoShin  2010-09-08 19:12:45
There really should exist something like this in the Find and Replace dialog. It's a time saver.
Leniel Macaferi  2010-09-08 19:14:59

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