Rails - May 2005 - Capitalizing First Letter Of Each Word In Sentence of Header

I know there is a .capitalize method to capitalize first lettter of  
first word of sentence but do you guys know of an easy way to  
capitalize first letter of each word?

Thanks Guys? :-)

On May 24, 2005, at 2:29 PM, John Kopanas wrote:
> I know there is a .capitalize method to capitalize first lettter of 
> first word of sentence but do you guys know of an easy way to 
> capitalize first letter of each word?
>
> Thanks Guys? :-)
I did this in a recent script:

class String
   def capitalize_words
     self.gsub(/(\w*)/) {|s| s.capitalize }
   end
end

Seems to do the trick...

Zach

Use CSS =]

On 5/24/05, Zach Thompson <zach-DZILUfagCPWukZHgTAicrQ@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> 
> On May 24, 2005, at 2:29 PM, John Kopanas wrote:
> 
> > I know there is a .capitalize method to capitalize first lettter of
> > first word of sentence but do you guys know of an easy way to
> > capitalize first letter of each word?
> >
> > Thanks Guys? :-)
> 
> I did this in a recent script:
> 
> class String
> def capitalize_words
> self.gsub(/(\w*)/) {|s| s.capitalize }
> end
> end
> 
> Seems to do the trick...
> 
> Zach
> 
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Proving once again that Ruby is a versatile language:

string = "a sentence to capitalize"
string.split.collect { |w| w.capitalize }.join(" ")

:)

Duane Johnson
(canadaduane)

On May 24, 2005, at 3:35 PM, Zach Thompson wrote:
> On May 24, 2005, at 2:29 PM, John Kopanas wrote:
>
>
>> I know there is a .capitalize method to capitalize first lettter  
>> of first word of sentence but do you guys know of an easy way to  
>> capitalize first letter of each word?
>>
>> Thanks Guys? :-)
>>
>
> I did this in a recent script:
>
> class String
>   def capitalize_words
>     self.gsub(/(\w*)/) {|s| s.capitalize }
>   end
> end
>
> Seems to do the trick...
>
> Zach
>
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Le mardi 24 mai 2005 à 15:42 -0600, Duane Johnson a écrit
:
> Proving once again that Ruby is a versatile language:
> 
> string = "a sentence to capitalize"
> string.split.collect { |w| w.capitalize }.join(" ")
> 
> :)
I''m much for this one !

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On 5/24/05, John Kopanas
<john.kopanas-O1KSuMybMhqBUy7/sJONFg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I know there is a .capitalize method to capitalize first lettter of
> first word of sentence but do you guys know of an easy way to
> capitalize first letter of each word?
Well, I would do this by splitting the string into an array of words,
then lowercasing each word/uppercasing the first letter of each word.

"foo BaR bAZ QUX".split.each {|str| str.capitalize! }.join("
")
=> "Foo Bar Baz Qux"

Of course this is a bit of a dirty hack and it will destroy the
capitalization of acronyms, or any other names that require capitals
other than the first letter. Not to mention that words like "is" or
"an" will also be capitalized incorrectly.

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On 5/24/05, Rob Park <rbpark-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> "foo BaR bAZ QUX".split.each {|str| str.capitalize! }.join("
")
> => "Foo Bar Baz Qux"
Oh poo, somebody else beat me to it.

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How would you got about that in CSS?

On 24-May-05, at 5:36 PM, Ramin wrote:
> Use CSS =]
>
> On 5/24/05, Zach Thompson
<zach-DZILUfagCPWukZHgTAicrQ@public.gmane.org> wrote: On May 24,
> 2005, at 2:29 PM, John Kopanas wrote:
>
> > I know there is a .capitalize method to capitalize first lettter of
> > first word of sentence but do you guys know of an easy way to
> > capitalize first letter of each word?
> >
> > Thanks Guys? :-)
>
> I did this in a recent script:
>
> class String
>    def capitalize_words
>      self.gsub(/(\w*)/) {|s| s.capitalize }
>    end
> end
>
> Seems to do the trick...
>
> Zach
>
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>
>
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I found this nice snippet somewhere:

class String
   def titlecase
      non_capitalized = %w{of etc and by the for on is at to but nor or a via}
      gsub(/\\b[a-z]+/){ |w| non_capitalized.include?(w) ? w :
w.capitalize  }.sub(/^[a-z]/){|l| l.upcase
}.sub(/\\b[a-z][^\\s]*?$/){|l| l.capitalize }
   end
end

On 5/24/05, John Kopanas
<john.kopanas-O1KSuMybMhqBUy7/sJONFg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> 
> How would you got about that in CSS?

p { text-transform: capitalize; }


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ahhh... perfect!

On 24-May-05, at 8:11 PM, Nathan Colgate Clark wrote:
> On 5/24/05, John Kopanas
<john.kopanas-O1KSuMybMhqBUy7/sJONFg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> How would you got about that in CSS?
>  p  { text-transform: capitalize; }
>
>
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On Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 7:42:06 AM, Duane wrote:
> Proving once again that Ruby is a versatile language:
> string = "a sentence to capitalize"
> string.split.collect { |w| w.capitalize }.join(" ")
> :)
That won''t play nicely with "a  string  to capitalise", which
is
obviously an edge case.  But I like the gsub-based solution better.

Gavin

Won''t work in IE, but here is the CSS

p:*first*-*letter* {
text-transform:*capitalize;*
}

On 5/24/05, John Kopanas
<john.kopanas-O1KSuMybMhqBUy7/sJONFg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> 
> How would you got about that in CSS?
> 
> On 24-May-05, at 5:36 PM, Ramin wrote:
> 
> > Use CSS =]
> >
> > On 5/24/05, Zach Thompson
<zach-DZILUfagCPWukZHgTAicrQ@public.gmane.org> wrote: On May 24,
> > 2005, at 2:29 PM, John Kopanas wrote:
> >
> > > I know there is a .capitalize method to capitalize first lettter
of
> > > first word of sentence but do you guys know of an easy way to
> > > capitalize first letter of each word?
> > >
> > > Thanks Guys? :-)
> >
> > I did this in a recent script:
> >
> > class String
> > def capitalize_words
> > self.gsub(/(\w*)/) {|s| s.capitalize }
> > end
> > end
> >
> > Seems to do the trick...
> >
> > Zach
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > - Ramin
> > http://www.getintothis.com/blog
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> >
> 
> 

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That should only capitalize the first letter of the paragraph.

Apply text-transform: capitalize to plain old p, as someone already mentioned.

On 5/24/05, Ramin <i8ramin-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Won''t work in IE, but here is the CSS
>  
>  p:first-letter {
>     text-transform:capitalize;
>  }
> 
> On 5/24/05, John Kopanas
<john.kopanas-O1KSuMybMhqBUy7/sJONFg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > How would you got about that in CSS?
> > 
> > On 24-May-05, at 5:36 PM, Ramin wrote:
> > 
> > > Use CSS =]
> > >
> > > On 5/24/05, Zach Thompson
<zach-DZILUfagCPWukZHgTAicrQ@public.gmane.org> wrote: On May 24,
> > > 2005, at 2:29 PM, John Kopanas wrote:
> > >
> > > > I know there is a .capitalize method to capitalize first
lettter of
> > > > first word of sentence but do you guys know of an easy way
to
> > > > capitalize first letter of each word? 
> > > >
> > > > Thanks Guys? :-)
> > >
> > > I did this in a recent script:
> > >
> > > class String
> > >    def capitalize_words
> > >      self.gsub(/(\w*)/) {|s| s.capitalize }
> > >    end
> > > end
> > >
> > > Seems to do the trick...
> > >
> > > Zach
> > >
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> > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > - Ramin
> > > http://www.getintothis.com/blog
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> > >
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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Oh, you''re right... that does do only the first letter.. sorry, I just
copy
pasted it from one my old projects. You want the entire text to be 
capitalized.. so in that case just do:

p { text-transform: capitalize; }

On 5/25/05, Chris Boone
<hypsometry-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> 
> That should only capitalize the first letter of the paragraph.
> 
> Apply text-transform: capitalize to plain old p, as someone already 
> mentioned.
> 
> On 5/24/05, Ramin <i8ramin-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> > Won''t work in IE, but here is the CSS
> >
> > p:first-letter {
> > text-transform:capitalize;
> > }
> >
> > On 5/24/05, John Kopanas
<john.kopanas-O1KSuMybMhqBUy7/sJONFg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > How would you got about that in CSS?
> > >
> > > On 24-May-05, at 5:36 PM, Ramin wrote:
> > >
> > > > Use CSS =]
> > > >
> > > > On 5/24/05, Zach Thompson
<zach-DZILUfagCPWukZHgTAicrQ@public.gmane.org> wrote: On May 24,
> > > > 2005, at 2:29 PM, John Kopanas wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I know there is a .capitalize method to capitalize
first lettter
> of
> > > > > first word of sentence but do you guys know of an easy
way to
> > > > > capitalize first letter of each word?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks Guys? :-)
> > > >
> > > > I did this in a recent script:
> > > >
> > > > class String
> > > > def capitalize_words
> > > > self.gsub(/(\w*)/) {|s| s.capitalize }
> > > > end
> > > > end
> > > >
> > > > Seems to do the trick...
> > > >
> > > > Zach
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> 
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Prolly very similar to what some of the folks posted:

str = str.split(" ").map { |ele|
			ele = ele.capitalize
		}.join(" ")

:-)

On 5/25/05, John Kopanas
<john.kopanas-O1KSuMybMhqBUy7/sJONFg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I know there is a .capitalize method to capitalize first lettter of
> first word of sentence but do you guys know of an easy way to
> capitalize first letter of each word?
> 
> Thanks Guys? :-)
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