GREP: lower case > upper case

[Samuel Arnet]

I need a GREP to find each lower case character at the beginning of a line and replace it with its uppercase counterpart.

So I search for

^([[:lower:]])

What do I write in the Replace field?

Thanks
Sam

[Alberto Gutiérrez]

Hi, Sam. Type this in the replace field:

\U\1

(uppercase to the group 1 found)

[Watts Martin]

Depending on what it is you’re doing, you may not need to use regular expressions for this at all. You can select the lines you want to capitalize (or Select All), and then use “Capitalize Lines” (seleect Text > Change Case > Capitalize Lines in the menu, or use the command palette).

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[Samuel Arnet]

Thank you both for your help. The GREP replacement works perfectly. (The Capitalize Lines approach does capitalise the first letter but also lowercases the rest of the words in a line.)

Sam