From: Daniel Bretoi <lists@...>
Date: 2002-11-04T03:23:16+09:00
Subject: Re: substitution problem

Thanks guys,

Barry, I like yours the best as it's closet to mine and because you're
not using capitalize. Capitalize actually changes all other letters in a
word to be lowercase, which isn't always desired.

Thanks very much all.

db

On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 06:04:00PM +0900, SHULTZ,BARRY (HP-Israel,ex1) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > > I'd like to capitalize every word in a string.
> > > 
> > > I was hoping this expression would do it:
> > > 
> > > newstr = str.gsub(/\b(\s)?([a-z])/,'\1\2'.upcase)
> > > 
> > > but it turns out that as \2 is not evaluated right away, 
> > the .upcase has
> > > no effect. Suggestions?
> > > 
> > 
> 
> how 'bout the block form?
> 
> newstr = str.gsub(/\b(\s)?([a-z])/) { |s| s.upcase }
> 
> that works for me.
> 
> Regards,
> Barry
> 

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