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Sorry, I should be more specific, I need a generic reg exp taht can handle all words. The 'cat' word is just an example, it could be anything else.
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Re^3: case insensitive replace, but maintains capitalization
by roboticus (Chancellor) on Dec 24, 2010 at 05:12 UTC

    You're in luck, /\w+/ is a regular expression that can handle all words!

    ...roboticus

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Re^3: case insensitive replace, but maintains capitalization
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 24, 2010 at 05:04 UTC
    so use \w+
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