On Aug 11, 7:18 am, bingo bob <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to stuff like this in my BabyName model.. > > before_save :capitalize > > def capitalize > self.title = title.capitalize > self.forename = forename.capitalize > self.surname = surname.capitalize > self.middlenames = middlenames.split.each { |x| print > x.capitalize!, " "}.join(" ") > end > > def full_name > self.title + " " + self.forename + " " + self.middlenames + " " + > self.surname > end > > def initials > > end > > # > > two things; > > 1) my full_name method doens't seem great in that I might get two spaces > between names.
You could build an array with all the components, remove any blanks or nils and then use join on all that > 2) how do I grab the initials method ? as in how to write it ? forename & surname should be straightforward, for middlenames you could just split on spaces and then take the first letter of each component Fred > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
