Bulk Rename Utility

In 3.4.2.0 the action of Case (4) has changed with respect to 3.4.1.0 in that it removes double spaces when Title is chosen, but not when the other options (Same, Lower, Upper) are chosen.

Is this intentional because Remove (5) has D/S to remove double spaces.

Hi, yes, it is part of the new Title casing algorithm.

Thanks for the prompt reply.

The next software action, Remove (5) has D/S to remove double spaces to deal with that requirement.

So can it be reverted?

My Use Case (I shall include my settings for the applicable options):
Regex (1) adds a space where a one digit number needs to be shifted right to position it correctly where there are otherwise two digit numbers.
(Match: (.*)( Vol| Pt| Bk)( )([0-9][\-a-zA-Z])(.*)
Replace: \1\2\3\3\4\5)
Case (4) deals wih words that shoud be Title Case plus my Excep.
<rnup>: about : above : across : ad : against : along : among : an : are : around : at : before : behind : below : beneath : beside : between : beyond : d': de : der : des : down : du : during : ed : et : etc : except : from : inside : into : it : its : l': la : le : les : like : near : off : out : since : sjs: sur : that : their : this : through : toward : under : until : up : upon : von : which : with : within : BC :BBC :BMW :BP : EEA : EFTA : EU : HMS :HP :IPCC: MS : MSS : PRO : UK : USA :x32:x64:CB:cbv:ChessOK:CPT:CQL:epd: FEN :nps:pgn:TWIC:UCI :CPI :CPIH :RPI :RPIJ :html:

But Regex (1) is undone by removing double spaces inside the Case (4) Title option which duplicates the Remove (5) option which, of course, I do not have set.

I have tried including double space in my Case (4) Excep. but that doesn't suppress it removing double spaces.

Thanks for considering the issue.

Of course I should say that this is an amazing peice of software and thankyou for providing it.

Greetings BogStandard, Im thinking the Case(4) "Title" must always be "New York Times Title Case rules" because not finding it inside the .ini file?? Maybe in future, the Case(4) grants more rules, but Im thinking its a lot more programming. If its me, Im using... \1\2\30\4\5 to invent " 0" before the lonely number.

But if to prefer two spaces before the lonely number, this the only way Im yet inventing...
(.*)( Vol| Pt| Bk) ([0-9][-a-zA-Z].*)
\1\2 | \3

This so that Case(4) admits the " | ", so then using Remove(5) to destroy the "|" using "Chars".

Hi Luuk.

I had a solution whereby I did two passes; the first with Case (4) Active then with Case (4) Inactive which lets in the extra space. But it was inelegant given the power of BRU.

I didn't want to introduce a leading zero as the script is for .pdf book and dcocument titles and Vol 09 does not look as good as Vol 9 where it is in the original title.

I like your solution and choice of "|" (which is an invalid character in filenames) that is deleted by Remove (5).

Thanks, it is now incorporated and means I can use BRU 3.4.2.0.

BogStandard wrote:Hi Luuk.

I had a solution whereby I did two passes; the first with Case (4) Active then with Case (4) Inactive which lets in the extra space. But it was inelegant given the power of BRU.

I didn't want to introduce a leading zero as the script is for .pdf book and dcocument titles and Vol 09 does not look as good as Vol 9 where it is in the original title.

I like your solution and choice of "|" (which is an invalid character in filenames) that is deleted by Remove (5).

Thanks, it is now incorporated and means I can use BRU 3.4.2.0.

After submitting this reply I noticed double spaces are stripped!
So Vol<space><space>9 was changed to Vol<space>9 above.

An update. I failed to use both good and bad filenames when I tested my implementation of Luuk's suggestion.

I had to adjust the RegEx(1)Match to detect both a single AND double space.

So from RegEx(1)Match
(.*)( Vol| Pt| Bk)( )([0-9][ \-a-zA-Z])(.*)
to RegEx(1)Match
(.*)( Vol| Pt| Bk)( | )([0-9][ \-a-zA-Z])(.*)

with RegEx(1)Replace
\1\2\3|\3\4\5
or
\1\2 | \4\5

The reason is that my filenames already having the allowed double space failed the RegEx(1)Match so passed straight on to Case(4)Title and got changed to single space.

Its unfortunate, but the double spaces seem to be illegal on many forums now, so your match is looking to everyone like "( | )".
Lol, Im already know that you were really typing "(Space|SpaceSpace)". Also you can type "( +)" to say "one or more spaces".
Nice work!

We have released the new version with this fix