Antwort: Re: Search and Replace shifts data

You're right: Checking "Case sensitive" or "Regular expression" helps in
some cases. That's a workaround at least. Thanks.

The problem is surely not a simple one to solve because the correct
capitalization of 'ß' is indeed 'SS'.

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wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx schrieb am 11.11.2005 14:12:59:

> I'll have a look at your findings.  The problem seems to be mainly with
> the way in which the Java language handles uppercasing in different
locales.
>
> I thinks you'll get the expected results when you check the "Case
> sensitive" checkbox in the find dialog (in which case there are no case
> changes done during the search).
>
> robbin.knapp@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > On a different but related note, searching for 'ß' (the German "sz
> > ligature") will find not only 'ß' but also 'ss' and vice versa. This
may be
> > a feature, but there is no way to search for only 'ß' or only 'ss'
AFAIK.
> > Not only does a search for 'ss' find 'ß', a search for a single 's'
also
> > finds 'ß'. This can all be lived with, but as soon as you start
replacing
> > instead of just searching, you have to be careful. Searching for 'ss'
or
> > 'ß' marks the 'ß' and the character after it, no matter what character
it
> > is. That means both of theses characters are also replaced. Major
error.
> >
> > Also, searching for any character on a line with 'ß' in it after the
'ß'
> > does not work. For example, I don't like the vertical bar ('|')
characters
> > in comments of many source files I deal with, so I search and replace
all
> > '|' with nothing, effectively deleting this character wherever it is
found.
> > However, any '|' where 'ß' is before it on a line is not found and
> > replaced.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> >       // Grund:    Bei Materialien die exakt abgebucht werden muß die
|
> >
> > This is a real example because new German spelling rules dictate for
> > example that 'muß' now be spelled 'muss'.