Re: [racket-users] Naive question on how to capitalize only the first word of a string

Wow. In addition to getting my question answered, I learned about 6 other things. Thank you so much, everyone! Glenn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an

Re: [racket-users] RacketCon Code of Conduct

Everyone: this discussion is the first time that we have a rough tone on this mailing list, and this tone is inappropriate. I am appealing to both sides to cool it down. We (the organizers and old people of this community) appreciate all non-emotional input. Science and science

Re: [racket-users] Naive question on how to capitalize only the first word of a string

Here's another: (define/contract (ucfirst str) (-> string? string?) (match (regexp-match #px"^([^a-z]*)(.)(.+)" str) [(list _ prefix first-letter rest-of-string) (~a prefix (string-upcase first-letter) rest-of-string)])) -> (ucfirst "cat dog") "Cat dog" -> (ucfirst " Cat dog") "

Re: [racket-users] RacketCon Code of Conduct

On 06/17/2017 01:50 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote: A code of conduct is a totally stupid idea for RacketCon. Racketeers were raised properly by their parents and are well behaved. I really hate attending conferences that need to impose a code. I think you might be reading something in to this

Re: [racket-users] RacketCon Code of Conduct

I think this thread has gotten delightfully meta, in that I've heard that some people who would like to contribute in forums get scared away when observing interaction styles that they find very confrontational. Not that I always remember this myself, and I also make other mistakes, but...

Re: [racket-users] Naive question on how to capitalize only the first word of a string

Robby's answer was more idiomatic Racket, and mine was idomatic-Scheme-and-also-OK-Racket, by habit. :) I'd suggest reading both implementations. As you learn more Racket, you'll start to get a feel for your preferred linguistic style(s), and you'll notice different people have a lot more

Re: [racket-users] RacketCon Code of Conduct

If by whiskey, Jack. Your guarantees on this matter are unenforceable and therefore meaningless, and any further comment on my ignorance will likely violate any CoC you care to throw your weight behind, so best get it out now because you can't unring this bell. On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 8:08 PM,

Re: [racket-users] Naive question on how to capitalize only the first word of a string

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Glenn Hoetker wrote: > I'm quite new to Racket/LISP, so I hope this isn't breathtakingly obvious. > Can someone please tell me the best way to capitalize just the first word in > a multiword string. So, given the string "it was a dark and

[racket-users] Re: Naive question on how to capitalize only the first word of a string

Given how many solutions everyone's giving, this would be a good rosetta code task :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: [racket-users] Naive question on how to capitalize only the first word of a string

Here's another way to implement it. Fun. :) #lang racket (provide (contract-out [cap-first (-> string? string?)])) (define (cap-first s) (apply string (for/list ([c (in-string s)] [i (in-naturals)]) (if (= i 0) (char-upcase c) c (module+ test

Re: [racket-users] Naive question on how to capitalize only the first word of a string

Welcome to Racket! One intro-to-Racket-compared-to-some-other-languages thing I'll just say upfront is that you don't want to modify the string itself, not that you asked to. (Not all Racket strings are mutable. Plus, mutating introduces a bunch more possibilities for bugs, and for string

[racket-users] Re: Naive question on how to capitalize only the first word of a string

On Monday, June 19, 2017 at 5:12:10 PM UTC-7, Glenn Hoetker wrote: > I'm quite new to Racket/LISP, so I hope this isn't breathtakingly obvious. > Can someone please tell me the best way to capitalize just the first word in > a multiword string. So, given the string "it was a dark and stormy

Re: [racket-users] Naive question on how to capitalize only the first word of a string

I don't think there's a library function that does what you want, so you'd need to define your own. Here's one way to do it: (define (capitalize-first-letter str) (cond [(non-empty-string? str) (define first-letter-str (substring str 0 1)) (define rest-str (substring

[racket-users] Naive question on how to capitalize only the first word of a string

I'm quite new to Racket/LISP, so I hope this isn't breathtakingly obvious. Can someone please tell me the best way to capitalize just the first word in a multiword string. So, given the string "it was a dark and stormy night", I would like to get "It was a dark and stormy night". I see

Re: [racket-users] RacketCon Code of Conduct

> These are invariably motte and bailey style arguments and the notion that the > only reason I or anyone else could possibly resent CoCs is some desire to > abuse their absence is astonishing. How you could not find such groupthink > "censorious" is beyond my ability to sympathize with. I can

Re: [racket-users] RacketCon Code of Conduct

This is not my call, but in the traditional Racket convention of everyone voicing thoughts... One gentle way to communicate awareness and intent of inclusiveness: "The Racket community enjoys and appreciates a collegial and helpful atmosphere, in which everyone feels welcome. We expect

Re: [racket-users] RacketCon Code of Conduct

>Bluntly, if someone finds the admonition to refrain from harassment "censorious", then it is likely they are exactly the sort of person that a Code of Conduct is in fact *designed* to make feel unwelcome. These are invariably motte and bailey style arguments and the notion that the only reason I

Re: [racket-users] RacketCon Code of Conduct

> > The problem with the longer text, such as the Strange Loop one[1], is that > it's manifestly _very_ hard to come up with a text that doesn't radiate > censoriousness; and however much this isn't the literal implication of the > text, it does implant the notion that the reader or the community

Re: [racket-users] RacketCon Code of Conduct

I would suggest that it is more important to get a COC on the RacketCon website than it is to argue over the wording. I would suggest that every day that passes without a CoC on the website adds to the risk that possible racketcon participants might decide not to go... to the detriment of the

Re: [racket-users] RacketCon Code of Conduct

Greetings. On 19 Jun 2017, at 16:18, John Berry wrote: Nothing about a document saying "hey, don't be an ass" implies that the reader themselves, or the community, are asses. Only that the community values not being an ass, and those who might wish to join that community and not be an ass

Re: [racket-users] RacketCon Code of Conduct

I will always 100% support the adoption of a CoC drafted by people with experience in dealing with discrimination, harassment, and toxic behaviour. It is impossible to understate just how much gets swept under the rug without one, and increasingly, the lack of one itself tends to attract toxic