Converting strings into acronyms with regexp?

[Virginityrocks]

Does anyone know of a way to convert a set of strings into acronyms? I have a list of program names that I want to automatically convert their titles to acronyms. For example:

Photoshop
Internet Explorer
Google Chrome
Command Prompt
Device Manager
Calculator

Becomes:

P
IE
GC
CP
DM
C

More specifically, I'd like only capital letters to remain with no spaces. So that program shortcuts such as:

On-Screen Keyboard
Uninstall a Program
YouTube

Become:

OSK
UP
YT

[jsmorley]

Seems to be that you are actually saying the reverse. You want "PP" to be seen as "PowerPoint" or whatever, presumably so you can execute the associated application?

[jsmorley]

If so, why isn't that simply [Variables]?

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1

[Variables]
PP=PowerPoint
PS=PhotoShop

[MeterSearchBox]
Meter=Shape
Shape=Rectangle 1,1,202,25 | Fill Color 215,215,215,255 | Stroke Color 130,130,130,255
W=202
H=25
LeftMouseUpAction=[!CommandMeasure MeasureSearchInput "ExecuteBatch 1"]

[MeasureSearchInput]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=InputText
X=1
Y=2
W=200
H=22
SolidColor=200,200,200,255
FontColor=47,47,47,255
FontSize=11
AntiAlias=1
FocusDismiss=1
UpdateDivider=-1
Command1=[!Log "[#$UserInput$]"]

https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/variables/nesting-variables/

Also note that variables are not case-sensitive, (very little in Rainmeter is) so "pp" is the same as "PP".

[Virginityrocks]

To convert file and shortcut names in FileView into acronyms. The names are folder-dependant, so having set variables wouldn't work.

[jsmorley]

To convert file and shortcut names in FileView into acronyms. The names are folder-dependant, so having set variables wouldn't work.

Yeah, sorry, don't follow.

[MikeG621]

Personally, my approach would use Lua. Loop through the string and copy off any capital letters into a new string. Since you're intending to rely on capital letters though, this will require proper case usage. Some programs like paint.net don't show capital letters in their name, while others sometimes use SCREAMING caps. Unless you've got a pre-processor to force captialization, then I think you're going to run into issues.