From: Jeppe Jakobsen <jeppe88@...>
Date: 2006-04-09T06:19:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby string

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Speaking of alternatives, here is how you also could do it:
string[0] =3D string[0].chr.upcase

2006/4/8, dblack@wobblini.net <dblack@wobblini.net>:
>
> Hi --
>
> On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, Peter wrote:
>
> > I love Ruby but this is cumbersome.
> > There are plenty of situations where people want to
> > capitalize only the first letter.
> >
> > By saying:
> > string[0,1].capitalize! with ! should read like:
> > Capitalize only the first character within string 'string'
> > Or is that stupid thinking.
> > Its a method on the first character.
> >
> > Funny.
> > But thanks all.
>
> It may be cumbersome but the alternative you describe would be worse
> :-)
>
> Ruby is pretty strict about left-to-right evaluation.  This:
>
>    string[0,1]
>
> means something: a one-character substring of string.  What you do
> *with* that substring -- what messages you send it -- is a completely
> separate, subsequent transaction.
>
>
>
> David
>
> --
> David A. Black (dblack@wobblini.net)
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>
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> http://www.manning.com/black
>
>


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