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John McCabe wrote:
> 
<snip>
> Try this function:
> 
> (defun get-rid-of-underscore ()
>   (interactive)
>   (while (re-search-forward "_\\([a-zA-Z]\\)?" nil t)
>     (replace-match (upcase (match-string 1)) nil nil)))
> 
> on this data:
> 
> hello_aorld
> hello_Aorld
> hello_borld
> hello_Borld
> hello_corld
> hello_Corld
> hello_dorld
> hello_Dorld
> hello_eorld
> hello_Eorld
> 
> Does it work?

Works great, and very educational on helping with
my lisp programming.  Thanks much!