Splitting CamelCase

Question

This is all asp.net c#.

I have an enum

public enum ControlSelectionType 
{
    NotApplicable = 1,
    SingleSelectRadioButtons = 2,
    SingleSelectD         


        

Answer 1

Here's an extension method that handles numbers and multiple uppercase characters sanely, and also allows for upper-casing specific acronyms in the final string:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Web.Configuration;

namespace System
{
    /// 

    /// Extension methods for the string data type
    /// 
    public static class ConventionBasedFormattingExtensions
    {
        /// 

        /// Turn CamelCaseText into Camel Case Text.
        /// 
        /// 
        /// 
        /// Use AppSettings["SplitCamelCase_AllCapsWords"] to specify a comma-delimited list of words that should be ALL CAPS after split
        /// 
        /// wordWordIDWord1WordWORDWord32Word2
        /// Word Word ID Word 1 Word WORD Word 32 Word 2
        /// 
        /// wordWordIDWord1WordWORDWord32WordID2ID
        /// Word Word ID Word 1 Word WORD Word 32 Word ID 2 ID
        /// 
        /// WordWordIDWord1WordWORDWord32Word2Aa
        /// Word Word ID Word 1 Word WORD Word 32 Word 2 Aa
        /// 
        /// wordWordIDWord1WordWORDWord32Word2A
        /// Word Word ID Word 1 Word WORD Word 32 Word 2 A
        /// 
        public static string SplitCamelCase(this string input)
        {
            if (input == null) return null;
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(input)) return "";

            var separated = input;

            separated = SplitCamelCaseRegex.Replace(separated, @" $1").Trim();

            //Set ALL CAPS words
            if (_SplitCamelCase_AllCapsWords.Any())
                foreach (var word in _SplitCamelCase_AllCapsWords)
                    separated = SplitCamelCase_AllCapsWords_Regexes[word].Replace(separated, word.ToUpper());

            //Capitalize first letter
            var firstChar = separated.First(); //NullOrWhiteSpace handled earlier
            if (char.IsLower(firstChar))
                separated = char.ToUpper(firstChar) + separated.Substring(1);

            return separated;
        }

        private static readonly Regex SplitCamelCaseRegex = new Regex(@"
            (
                (?<=[a-z])[A-Z0-9] (?# lower-to-other boundaries )
                |
                (?<=[0-9])[a-zA-Z] (?# number-to-other boundaries )
                |
                (?<=[A-Z])[0-9] (?# cap-to-number boundaries; handles a specific issue with the next condition )
                |
                (?<=[A-Z])[A-Z](?=[a-z]) (?# handles longer strings of caps like ID or CMS by splitting off the last capital )
            )"
            , RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace
        );

        private static readonly string[] _SplitCamelCase_AllCapsWords =
            (WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SplitCamelCase_AllCapsWords"] ?? "")
                .Split(new[] { ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
                .Select(a => a.ToLowerInvariant().Trim())
                .ToArray()
                ;

        private static Dictionary _SplitCamelCase_AllCapsWords_Regexes;
        private static Dictionary SplitCamelCase_AllCapsWords_Regexes
        {
            get
            {
                if (_SplitCamelCase_AllCapsWords_Regexes == null)
                {
                    _SplitCamelCase_AllCapsWords_Regexes = new Dictionary();
                    foreach(var word in _SplitCamelCase_AllCapsWords)
                        _SplitCamelCase_AllCapsWords_Regexes.Add(word, new Regex(@"\b" + word + @"\b", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase));
                }

                return _SplitCamelCase_AllCapsWords_Regexes;
            }
        }
    }
}