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=== Capitalize first letter of each word ===
{{LSL_Function
 
|func=strCapitalize
This function will take a string as input and return the string with the first letter of each word capitalized and all the other letters in lowercase. Works great for natural language, will fail with acronyms. For this, the "llToLower" could be removed.
|func_desc=This function will take a string as input and return the string with the first letter of each word capitalized and all the other letters in lowercase. <syntaxhighlight lang="lsl">string strCapitalize(string str)
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="lsl">string strCapitalize(string str)
{
{
     list phrase = llParseStringKeepNulls(str, [" "], []);
     list phrase = llParseStringKeepNulls(str, [" "], []);
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     return llDumpList2String(phrase, " ");
     return llDumpList2String(phrase, " ");
}</syntaxhighlight>
}</syntaxhighlight>
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|return_type=string
|return_text=with each word capitalized.
|p1_type=string
|p1_name=str
|p1_desc=Word or phrase that will be capitalized.
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|caveats=Will fail with acronyms since all letters but the first will be turned to lowercase.
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Revision as of 20:59, 8 July 2022

Summary

Function: string strCapitalize( string str );

This function will take a string as input and return the string with the first letter of each word capitalized and all the other letters in lowercase.
string strCapitalize(string str)
{
    list phrase = llParseStringKeepNulls(str, [" "], []);
    integer i;
    for (i = 0; i < llGetListLength(phrase) ; i++) {
        phrase = llListReplaceList(phrase, [llToUpper(llGetSubString(llList2String(phrase,i),0,0)) + llToLower(llGetSubString(llList2String(phrase,i),1,-1))], i, i);
    }
    return llDumpList2String(phrase, " ");
}

Returns a string with each word capitalized.
• string str Word or phrase that will be capitalized.

Caveats

Will fail with acronyms since all letters but the first will be turned to lowercase.

Examples

Deep Notes

Signature

function string strCapitalize( string str );