Re^2: Capitalize First Letter of Each Word

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Re^3: Capitalize First Letter of Each Word by fishbot_v2 (Chaplain) on Jun 30, 2005 at 13:54 UTC
It does, except it doesn't work: `my @a = ("a sTrinG\n" ); s#(.)(\w+ ?)#\U\1\L\2#g for @a; print @a; __END__ a string` [download] Two things are happening here: The first is that this requires each word to be two characters or more (so it fails on the initial "a"). The second is that the . can match a space, so " sTrinG" fails because \1 contains a space. I suggest `s{ \b(\w+) }{\u\L$1}gx;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Capitalize First Letter of Each Word by holli (Abbot) on Jun 30, 2005 at 14:14 UTC
`s#\b(\w)(\w* ?)#\U$1\L$2#g` [download] does the trick. holli, /regexed monk/	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Capitalize First Letter of Each Word by suaveant (Parson) on Jun 30, 2005 at 14:36 UTC
That finishing space is completely extraneous... the \b at the front basically is as well. Space is not a word char, so will be just fine if left alone. The \w at the beginning is basically implying \b, since it will only start to match where a word char is. - Ant - Some of my best work - (1 2 3)	[reply]
Re^3: Capitalize First Letter of Each Word by Anonymous Monk on Jun 30, 2005 at 13:45 UTC
I just need to trough this here as well. What if I have some uncials like, "LTD" at the end of the string or on the string and it couldn't be changed	[reply]
Re^4: Capitalize First Letter of Each Word by holli (Abbot) on Jun 30, 2005 at 13:53 UTC
I don't get you. What on earth is a "uncial"? holli, /regexed monk/	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Capitalize First Letter of Each Word by Anonymous Monk on Jun 30, 2005 at 13:57 UTC
Sorry, "Initial", but here, this solved the issue unless you have a better idea. `s/(?<=\w)(.)/\l\1/g for $test; s/Ltd/LTD/ for $test;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Capitalize First Letter of Each Word by suaveant (Parson) on Jun 30, 2005 at 14:49 UTC
Re^6: Capitalize First Letter of Each Word by ww (Archbishop) on Jun 30, 2005 at 14:11 UTC
Re^7: Capitalize First Letter of Each Word by Anonymous Monk on Jun 30, 2005 at 14:14 UTC
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