From: Jason  Vogel <jasonvogel@...>
Date: 2006-12-10T16:40:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Capitalization

William,

This is exactly what I'm looking for.  I don't understand it, but it's
what I'm looking for.

Would you mind explaining what your code does?

Thanks,
Jason



On Dec 8, 8:23 pm, "William James" <w_a_x_...@yahoo.com> 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]")
>
> > Thanks,
> > Jasonspecials = %w( of or w AC ).
> inject({}){|h,s| h.update({s.downcase,s}) }
>
> puts DATA.read.downcase.split( /([^a-z]+)/ ).map{|s|
>   specials[s] or s.capitalize }.join
>
> __END__
> ADDITIONAL SPA  (ONLY AVAILABLE W/PURCHASE OF POOL OR SPA)
> SELLER HEAT/AC/DUCTWORK
>
> ---  output  -----
> Additional Spa  (Only Available w/Purchase of Pool or Spa)
> Seller Heat/AC/Ductwork