Re: splitting camel case?

[David Gish <david@...>]

> Here is what I have presently:
>
> ( "componentWithName" ):gsub( "%u?%l+", print )
>
> > component
> > With
> > Name
>
> However this doesn't quite cover all potential cases, specially 
> acronyms (e.g. "componentWithURL"):

Such limitations are inherent to "camel case" (aka "inner-caps"). For 
example, there is no way to parse "componentWithURLAndParameters" with 
a simple regular expression. The solution is to use a limited 
dictionary containing "URL" and any other problematic tokens. Then you 
parse in two phases:

1. Parse dictionary terms:
	"componentWithURLAndParameters" ->

	> "componentWith"
	> "URL" (flag as dictionary term)
	> "AndParameters"

2. Parse "camel" cases for each resulting token into a secondary 
buffer, passing dictionary terms unchanged:

	> "component
	> "With"
	> "URL"
	> "And"
	> "Parameters"

Cheers,

David Gish
Senior Systems Engineer
Aspyr Media
www.aspyr.com