String Methods in Regex Find and Replace

I'm trying to convert between variable naming conventions, from:

exampleVariable

to:

example_variable

I can find the relevant variables with the regex search "([a-z])([A-Z])", and use "\1_\2" to convert to "example_Variable", but to convert to the desired convention using re.sub() would require something like:

re.sub('([a-z])([A-Z])',lambda match: match.group(1)+"_"+match.group(2).lower(),'exampleVariable')

However, simply placing the inline function in Wing's replace line doesn't achieve the desired effect. Is there an alternative way to accomplish what I'm looking to do?

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In Wing Pro there are "Symbol To *" refactoring operations for converting between UpperCamelCase, lowerCamelCase, under_score_name, and UNDER_SCORE_NAME forms. To use that, click on the symbol an use the items in the Refactor menu or right click to get a menu that includes a Refactor group. This will change all points of use of that symbol, whether in the current file or not so is probably a lot easier to use than search/replace.

If you do need to write code for the conversion, you'ld have to do it via the scripting API which is documented at http://wingware.com/doc/scripting probably by operating directory on the CAPIDocument.

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Thanks, that'll work great!

Jordan Smart (7 years ago)

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