Space out CamelCase words

Carlos_1959 · 2024-10-02 11:11

Hello,
I need your help with the following:
I have several files where the file name is in this text example ‘aaaabbbbcccc’ and I want to rename them to ‘aaaa bbbb, cccc’.
What kind of rule can I make?

EDIT:

For example, convert "BeachPiriapolisUruguay.jpg" to "Beach Piriapolis, Uruguay.jpg".

Last edited by den4b (2024-10-04 10:28)

eR@SeR · 2024-10-03 14:06

Hello,

Try RegEx rule:

1) Regular Expressions: Replace expression "^((.)\2+)((.)\4+)((.)\6+)$" with "$1 $3, $5" (skip extension)

From:

aaaabbbbcccc
aabbcc

abc
aabbc
aabcc
abbcc
aaaabbbbccccdddd

To:

aaaa bbbb, cccc
aa bb, cc

abc
aabbc
aabcc
abbcc
aaaabbbbccccdddd

- it is applied only for 3 repeated groups of characters as per given example
- filenames with non repeated characters of 3 groups should be ignored

Please provide feedback if it works as expected.

P.S. Please write more descriptive topic name next time.

Carlos_1959 · 2024-10-03 16:44

Hello,
Didn´t work or I don´t know how to do.
This is the file name and what I want.
Can you try for me?

BeachPiriapolisUruguay.jpg to Beach Piriapolis, Uruguay.jpg

Thank you

Last edited by Carlos_1959 (2024-10-03 16:44)

blackvoid · 2024-10-04 04:59

Hard to work out what you want from the first post.
From your example filename, this should work as long as there are three words and they start with a capital letter.

Add rule, choose 'Regular Expressions'.

Add the following :

Expression : ^([A-Z][^A-Z]*)([A-Z][^A-Z]*)([A-Z][^A-Z]*)$
Replace : $1 $2, $3
Case-sensitive : make sure its ticked.
Skip extension : make sure its ticked.

Save rule.

Carlos_1959 · 2024-10-04 10:27

It worked. Thank you
And I apologise for not explaining correctly what I wanted in my first post.

den4b · 2024-10-04 10:36

It's worth noting that there is a built-in option in the Clean Up rule to "Insert a space in front of capitalized letters (e.g. CamelCase)".

This option will add spaces between words, but it won't insert a comma after the 2nd word, so it's not a complete solution.

Carlos_1959 · 2024-10-04 19:02

den4b wrote:

It's worth noting that there is a built-in option in the Clean Up rule to "Insert a space in front of capitalized letters (e.g. CamelCase)".
This option will add spaces between words, but it won't insert a comma after the 2nd word, so it's not a complete solution.

Thank you

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Space out CamelCase words

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