From: matt@... (matt neuburg)
Date: 2009-06-05T05:50:05+09:00
Subject: Re: How to capitalize first word of a string?

Rails List <balaa_uk@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have a string that I would like to capitalize and add bold html tag to
> the first word only.  How do i do it?.  Do I have to split first and
> then "upcase!" it then join again.  Not sure how to do it.  any help is
> much appreciated. thanks

Sure, that's a good way. A little-known feature of "split" is the
"limit" parameter, so you can split off just the first word without
affecting anything else:

arr = s.split(" ", 2)
arr[0].upcase! # and anything else you feel like
s = arr.join(" ")

m.
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