FT_PROPER() Convert a string to proper-name case Syntax FT_PROPER( <cString> ) -> cProperName Arguments <cString> is the string to be converted. Returns A string of the same length as <cString>, only converted to proper name case (upper/lower case). Description FT_PROPER() uses a brute-force algorithm to convert a string to propername case. First, it capitalizes the first letter of all words starting after a blank, dash, or apostrophe. This catches most names, including special cases such as names beginning with O' (O'Malley, O'Reilly) and hyphenated names (such as Susan Chia-Mei Lo). Next, it does a specific adjustment for words beginning in "Mc" It finds the first 'Mc' and capitalizes the next character after it. It does this for all occurrences of Mc. The original FT_PROPER() was written in Clipper by Glenn Scott and Mark Zechiel; it was re-written in C (and thus, optimized and enhanced) by Robert DiFalco. Examples FUNCTION main( cStr ) OutStd( FT_PROPER( cStr ) + chr(13) + chr(10) ) RETURN ( nil ) Source: PROPER.C Author: Robert DiFalco and Glenn Scott
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