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capfirstletter.pro
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; NAME:
; CAPFIRSTLETTER
;
; PURPOSE:
;
; Given a string, separates the parts by white space, commas,
; semi-colons, or colons. Each part has the first letter capitalized.
; The returned string has the capitalized parts separated by a space.
;
; AUTHOR:
;
; FANNING SOFTWARE CONSULTING
; David Fanning, Ph.D.
; 1645 Sheely Drive
; Fort Collins, CO 80526 USA
; Phone: 970-221-0438
; E-mail: [email protected]
; Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com
;
; CATEGORY:
; Utilities
;
; CALLING SEQUENCE:
;
; capitalizedString = CatFirstLetter(theString)
;
; AUGUMENTS:
;
; theString: The input string.
;
; RETURN_VALUE:
;
; capitalizedString: The capitalized output string. There is a space between parts
; (words) of the input string.
;
; KEYWORDS:
;
; None.
;
; MODIFICATION HISTORY:
;
; Written by David W. Fanning, 29 July 2005.
;-
;******************************************************************************************;
; Copyright (c) 2008, by Fanning Software Consulting, Inc. ;
; All rights reserved. ;
; ;
; Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without ;
; modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: ;
; ;
; * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright ;
; notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. ;
; * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright ;
; notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the ;
; documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. ;
; * Neither the name of Fanning Software Consulting, Inc. nor the names of its ;
; contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this ;
; software without specific prior written permission. ;
; ;
; THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY FANNING SOFTWARE CONSULTING, INC. ''AS IS'' AND ANY ;
; EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES ;
; OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT ;
; SHALL FANNING SOFTWARE CONSULTING, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, ;
; INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED ;
; TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; ;
; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ;
; ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT ;
; (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS ;
; SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. ;
;******************************************************************************************;
FUNCTION CapFirstLetter, theString
Compile_Opt idl2
; Return to caller on error.
On_Error, 2
; Separate string into parts.
parts = StrSplit(theString, " ,;:", /Extract, /Preserve_Null)
; Capitalize the first letter of each part.
FOR j=0, N_Elements(parts)-1 DO BEGIN
parts[j] = StrLowCase(parts[j])
firstLetter = StrUpCase(StrMid(parts[j], 0, 1))
temp = parts[j]
StrPut, temp, firstLetter, 0
parts[j] = temp
ENDFOR
; Join the parts together with a space.
RETURN, StrJoin(parts, " ")
END