;+ ; 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: david@idlcoyote.com ; 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