From: Sam Duncan <sduncan@...>
Date: 2012-12-06T13:10:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Having isues with capitalizing words

On 12/06/2012 05:02 PM, JD KF wrote:
> So, this is a method I have made:
>
> def  title(words)
>      words.gsub(/(\A|\s)\w/) do |word|
>    if(word!="and" || word!="an" || word!="the")
>        word.upcase
>    else
>        word.downcase
>    end
>      end
> end
>
> I have been trying to solve this for the longest time and I can't figure
> it out.
>
> All I want the method to do is take in a string and capitalize every
> word except for "and" and "an" and "the".
>
> The above will not do it and I really don't understand why.  I have
> tried a million versions of it as well.
>
> Can someone help me get in the right direction with this?

Does this help?

 > irb
1.9.3p125 :001 > word = 'and'
  => "and"
1.9.3p125 :002 > word!="and" || word!="an" || word!="the"
  => true


Sam