From: Daniel Finnie <danfinnie@...>
Date: 2006-12-09T07:08:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Capitalization

Try this:
str.gsub(/[A-Za-z]+/) {|x| x.capitalize}

If you want the W of W/ uncapitalized:
str.downcase.gsub(/[A-Za-z]+(?!\/)/) {|x| x.capitalize}

Paul Lutus wrote:
> Jason  Vogel wrote:
> 
>> Disclaimer : Ruby Nuby and I don't know RegEx basically at all.  I know
>> RegEx is the answer, just don't know where to start.
>>
>> Current Source:
>>    str.split(' ').each {|w| w.capitalize!}.join(' ')
>>
>> Text:
>>    ADDITIONAL SPA (ONLY AVAILABLE W/PURCHASE OF POOL OR SPA)
>>    SELLER HEAT/AC/DUCTWORK
>>
>> Result:
>>    Additional Spa (only Available W/purchase Of Pool Or Spa)
>>    Seller Heat/ac/ductwork
>>
>> Desired:
>>    Additional Spa (Only Available w/Purchase of Pool or Spa)
>>    Seller Heat/AC/Ductwork
>>
>> Isssus:
>>   - Need to capitalize after a "/'
>>   - Need specific word case handling (e.g. "Ac" => "AC","or" => "or",
>> "w/[a]" => "w/[A]")
> 
> How many special cases? In the worst case, you would have to use a
> dictionary to avoid treating acronyms as a word. You already have two
> rather difficult rules, one having to do with acronyms, another having to
> do with special treatment of the sequence "w/".
> 
> What I am saying is this is likely to be more difficult than it seems,
> especially because we only have one example of what might end up being
> thousands of examples of free-form text.
>