Replace text while keeping case intact in C#

Question

I have a set of sentences i need to use to do a replace, for example:

abc => cde
ab df => de
...

And i have a text where to make the chan

Answer 1

Not sure how well this will work, but this is what I came up with:

        string input = "A bgt abc hyi. Abc Ab df h";
        Dictionary<string, string> map = new Dictionary<string, string>();
        map.Add("abc", "cde");
        map.Add("ab df", "de");

        string temp = input;
        foreach (var entry in map)
        {
            string key = entry.Key;
            string value = entry.Value;
            temp = Regex.Replace(temp, key, match =>
            {
                bool isUpper = char.IsUpper(match.Value[0]);

                char[] result = value.ToCharArray();
                result[0] = isUpper
                    ? char.ToUpper(result[0])
                    : char.ToLower(result[0]);
                return new string(result);
            }, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
        }
        label1.Text = temp; // output is A bgt cde hyi. Cde De h

EDIT After reading the modified question, here's my modified code (it turns out to be similar steps to @Sephallia's code.. and similar variable names lol )

The code now is a bit more complicated.. but I think it's ok

        string input = 
        @"As he didn't achieve success, he was fired.
        As he DIDN'T ACHIEVE SUCCESS, he was fired.
        As he Didn't Achieve Success, he was fired.
        As he Didn't achieve success, he was fired.";
        Dictionary<string, string> map = new Dictionary<string, string>();
        map.Add("didn't achieve success", "failed miserably");


        string temp = input;
        foreach (var entry in map)
        {
            string key = entry.Key;
            string value = entry.Value;
            temp = Regex.Replace(temp, key, match =>
            {
                bool isFirstUpper, isEachUpper, isAllUpper;

                string sentence = match.Value;
                char[] sentenceArray = sentence.ToCharArray();

                string[] words = sentence.Split(' ');

                isFirstUpper = char.IsUpper(sentenceArray[0]);

                isEachUpper = words.All(w => char.IsUpper(w[0]) || !char.IsLetter(w[0]));

                isAllUpper = sentenceArray.All(c => char.IsUpper(c) || !char.IsLetter(c));

                if (isAllUpper)
                    return value.ToUpper();

                if (isEachUpper)
                {
                    // capitalize first of each word... use regex again :P
                    string capitalized = Regex.Replace(value, @"\b\w", charMatch => charMatch.Value.ToUpper());
                    return capitalized;
                }


                char[] result = value.ToCharArray();
                result[0] = isFirstUpper
                    ? char.ToUpper(result[0])
                    : char.ToLower(result[0]);
                return new string(result);
            }, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
        }
        textBox1.Text = temp; 
        /* output is :
        As he failed miserably, he was fired.
        As he FAILED MISERABLY, he was fired.
        As he Failed Miserably, he was fired.
        As he Failed miserably, he was fired.
        */

Answer 2

You could use String.IndexOf with StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase specified to find a match. At that point, a character by character replacement would work to do the swap. The capitalization could be handled by checking with Char.IsUpper for the source character, and then using Char.ToUpper or Char.ToLower on the destination as appropriate.