Re: [R] String manipulation---mixed case

[Spencer Graves]

     That's great, Peter. 

     For pedestrians like me who are not quite as facile with regular 
expressions, the following seems slightly more readable: 

s <- "the quick red fox jumps over the lazy brown dog"
ss <- strsplit(s, " ")[[1]]
ss1 <- substring(ss, 1,1)
ss2 <- substring(ss, 2)
paste(toupper(ss1), ss2, sep="", collapse=" ")
[1] "The Quick Red Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Brown Dog"
     Best Wishes,
     spencer graves
Peter Dalgaard wrote:
Renaud Lancelot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
 

This question was posted a while ago and answered by Christian
Hoffmann. I wrapped it in a small function:
CapLeading <- function (string){
   

...
Version of same:
s <- "the quick red fox jumps over the lazy brown dog"
ss <- strsplit(s, " ")[[1]]
ss1 <- sub("(.).*", "\\1", ss)
ss2 <- sub(".", "", ss)
paste(toupper(ss1), ss2, sep="", collapse=" ")

 

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