Capitalize - Revision history

AlexTMjugador at 19:42, 11 June 2016

2016-06-11T19:42:14Z

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	-- We don't care about the number of words, so return only the first result string.gsub provides		-- We don't care about the number of words, so return only the first result string.gsub provides
	return { string.gsub( text, "%a+", doCapitalizing ) }[1]		return ( { string.gsub( text, "%a+", doCapitalizing ) } )[1]
	end		end
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

AlexTMjugador: Dramatically reduced and improved the /* Code */

2016-06-11T19:36:58Z

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	==Code==		==Code==
	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
			local function doCapitalizing( substring )
			-- Upper the first character and leave the rest as they are
			return substring:sub( 1, 1 ):upper( ) .. substring:sub( 2 )
			end

	function capitalize( text )		function capitalize( text )
	if ( type( text ) ~= "string" ~~) then~~		-- Sanity check
	~~return false~~		assert( type( text ) == "string", "Bad argument 1 @ capitalize [String expected, got " .. type( text ) .. "]")
	~~end~~

	~~while ( text:find( " " ) ) do~~
	~~text = text:gsub( "~~ ", " ~~" )~~
	~~end~~

	~~local splitString = split~~( text~~, " "~~ )
	~~local capitalizedString = ""~~

	~~for _, part in ipairs( splitString ) do~~
	~~capitalizedString = capitalizedString~~ .. " " ~~.. part:sub( 1, 1 ):upper(~~ ) ~~.. part:sub( 2 )~~
	~~end~~

	return ~~capitalizedString:sub~~( 2 )		-- We don't care about the number of words, so return only the first result string.gsub provides
			return { string.gsub( text, "%a+", doCapitalizing ) }[1]
	end		end
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

Myonlake: Created page with "{{Useful Function}} NOTOC This function capitalizes a string, so each word has their first letter in uppercase. ==Syntax== string capitaliz..."

2015-01-12T07:21:10Z

Created page with "{{Useful Function}} <lowercasetitle/> __NOTOC__ This function capitalizes a string, so each word has their first letter in uppercase. ==Syntax== <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">string capitaliz..."

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{{Useful Function}}
<lowercasetitle/>
__NOTOC__
This function capitalizes a string, so each word has their first letter in uppercase.

==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">string capitalize ( string text )</syntaxhighlight>

===Required Arguments===
* '''text''': A string representing the text you want to capitalize.

===Returns===
Returns the ''capitalized string'' if the conversion was successful, ''false'' otherwise.

==Code==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function capitalize( text )
if ( type( text ) ~= "string" ) then
return false
end

while ( text:find( " " ) ) do
text = text:gsub( " ", " " )
end

local splitString = split( text, " " )
local capitalizedString = ""

for _, part in ipairs( splitString ) do
capitalizedString = capitalizedString .. " " .. part:sub( 1, 1 ):upper( ) .. part:sub( 2 )
end

return capitalizedString:sub( 2 )
end
</syntaxhighlight>

==Examples==
This example capitalizes the below string.
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
capitalize( "testing this cool thing ok" ) -- Result: Testing This Cool Thing Ok
</syntaxhighlight>

==See Also==
{{Useful_Functions}}

Capitalize - Revision history

AlexTMjugador at 19:42, 11 June 2016

AlexTMjugador: Dramatically reduced and improved the /* Code */

Myonlake: Created page with "{{Useful Function}} __NOTOC__ This function capitalizes a string, so each word has their first letter in uppercase. ==Syntax== string capitaliz..."

Myonlake: Created page with "{{Useful Function}} NOTOC This function capitalizes a string, so each word has their first letter in uppercase. ==Syntax== string capitaliz..."