What is the best way to convert a lowercase letter into an uppercase letter at the beginning of a verse?

Question

Dear Paratext users,

We are working on a project and need to change the beginning of the verse from a lowercase letter to an uppercase letter through regex. If anyone is able to assist in this matter, I would appreciate it.

For example:

\v 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
\p
\v 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: \add he made\add* the stars also.
\p
\v 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
\p
\v 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that \add it was\add* good.

Thanks with regards,

Thiyagarajan

Answer 1

This can be done by using the list feature of RegEx Pal. There is a discussion of this at:

https://support.bible/9271/using-a-list-for-replacing-in-regex-pal?show=9271#q9271

or you can search for "Using a list for replacing in RegEx Pal"

Your list of expressions might be something like:

(?<=(\\v \d+ ))a-->A

(?<=(\\v \d+ ))b-->B

(?<=(\\v \d+ ))e-->E

(?<=(\\v \d+ ))i-->I

(?<=(\\v \d+ ))p-->P

This says look for a lowercase letter preceded by \v digits space and change it to uppercase.

Comments

It is greatly appreciated that you responded to me so promptly. Having checked these regex rules, I am pleased to report that they appear to work as expected.