Re: splitting camel case?

[David Gish <david@...>]

On Jan 14, 2006, at 5:16 PM, PA wrote:

> At first glance, the "URLAnd" sequence would appear problematic.
>
> Perhaps something along these lines:
>
> local aString = "componentWithURLAndParameters"
>
> aString = aString:gsub( "(%l)(%u)", "%1 %2" )
> aString = aString:gsub( "(%u)(%u)(%l)", "%1 %2%3" )
> aString:gsub( "%a+", print )
>
> > component
> > With
> > URL
> > And
> > Parameters
Much better, but problematic cases are still fairly easy to construct:

"componentWithAURL"
"registerAPIs"
"getCPUID"

The first one's a bit contrived, I admit, but the symbol table of any 
moderately sized program probably contains more than a few like these. 
As someone once said, "The problem with making something idiot-proof is 
that idiots are so clever."

Cheers,

David