From: Jack Dempsey <dempsejn@...>
Date: 2002-01-26T02:50:21+09:00
Subject: RE: upcase/downcase first character of a word

to upcase i'd use capitalize...not sure about downcasing JUST the first
letter...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tobias Reif [mailto:tobiasreif@pinkjuice.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 12:48 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: upcase/downcase first character of a word
>
>
> any simpler way than
> --
> class String
>
>    def upcase_first
>      self[0] = self[0].chr.upcase[0]
>      self
>    end
>
>    def downcase_first
>      self[0] = self[0].chr.downcase[0]
>      self
>    end
>
>
> end
> --
> ?
>
> Tobi
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> http://www.pinkjuice.com/
>
>