To save me re-inventing the wheel, does anyone have a function to
capitalise each word in form data? I was thinking along the lines of
capitalise the first letter of the string, then any other letter after a
space or hyphen.
So many users seem to think that just because they are online they can
use names like "mr john smith" and so I have to manually change them.
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Nige
Please replace YYYY with the current year
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Nige said: To save me re-inventing the wheel, does anyone have a function to capitalise each word in form data? I was thinking along the lines of capitalise the first letter of the string, then any other letter after a space or hyphen.
So many users seem to think that just because they are online they can use names like "mr john smith" and so I have to manually change them.
There is no way of knowing which letters in a person's name
should be capitalized. If your user chooses to be called
"john smith", why do you feel that you have to change it?
Nige wrote: To save me re-inventing the wheel, does anyone have a function to capitalise each word in form data? I was thinking along the lines of capitalise the first letter of the string, then any other letter after a space or hyphen.
So many users seem to think that just because they are online they can use names like "mr john smith" and so I have to manually change them.
<p style="text-transform:capit alize">mr john smith</p>
On 10 Nov 2003 10:07:21 -0800, Lee <RE************ **@cox.net> wrote: Nige said: To save me re-inventing the wheel, does anyone have a function to capitalise each word in form data? I was thinking along the lines of capitalise the first letter of the string, then any other letter after a space or hyphen.
So many users seem to think that just because they are online they can use names like "mr john smith" and so I have to manually change them.
There is no way of knowing which letters in a person's name should be capitalized. If your user chooses to be called "john smith", why do you feel that you have to change it?
Or people such as "Aravinda de Silva" who you'd be getting the name
completely wrong if you use De.
Jim.
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Nige hu kiteb: To save me re-inventing the wheel, does anyone have a function to capitalise each word in form data? I was thinking along the lines of capitalise the first letter of the string, then any other letter after a space or hyphen.
So many users seem to think that just because they are online they can use names like "mr john smith" and so I have to manually change them.
In the case of my surname (van-de-l'Isle), this would result in an
incorrect capitalisation. Banks have lost my account over this kind of
thing. Then there was the time the bank's computer code decided that a
hyphen ended the surname string. Boy was I pished off over that one.
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Fabian
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Fabian hu kiteb: Nige hu kiteb:
To save me re-inventing the wheel, does anyone have a function to capitalise each word in form data? I was thinking along the lines of capitalise the first letter of the string, then any other letter after a space or hyphen.
So many users seem to think that just because they are online they can use names like "mr john smith" and so I have to manually change them.
In the case of my surname (van-de-l'Isle), this would result in an incorrect capitalisation. Banks have lost my account over this kind of thing. Then there was the time the bank's computer code decided that a hyphen ended the surname string. Boy was I pished off over that one.
If you really want to check this kind of thing, you could have the
submit linked to a function that gives the user a lst chance to edit
that field before submitting.
"The name field appears to have unusual capitalisation. Is this correct,
or do you want to go back? Submit/Edit"
But forcing this field into your idea of correct will really annoy some
people.
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Fabian
Visit my website often and for long periods! http://www.lajzar.co.uk
Jim Ley wrote: On 10 Nov 2003 10:07:21 -0800, Lee <RE************ **@cox.net> wrote:
Nige said:
To save me re-inventing the wheel, does anyone have a function to capitalise each word in form data? I was thinking along the lines of capitalise the first letter of the string, then any other letter after a space or hyphen.
So many users seem to think that just because they are online they can use names like "mr john smith" and so I have to manually change them.
There is no way of knowing which letters in a person's name should be capitalized. If your user chooses to be called "john smith", why do you feel that you have to change it?
Or people such as "Aravinda de Silva" who you'd be getting the name completely wrong if you use De.
And yet with my last name I prefer DeFaria.
If the user cannot spell their own name then IMHO, that's their problem
- not yours!
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Why do people ask "Can I ask you a question?".... Didn't really give me
a choice there, did ya sunshine?
In comp.lang.javas cript, Lee wrote: If your user chooses to be called "john smith", why do you feel that you have to change it?
I used it as an example, the main thing I want to change is their
address: "21 park street, birmingham" to "21 Park Street, Birmingham"
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Nige
Please replace YYYY with the current year
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Nige hu kiteb: In comp.lang.javas cript, Lee wrote:
If your user chooses to be called "john smith", why do you feel that you have to change it?
I used it as an example, the main thing I want to change is their address: "21 park street, birmingham" to "21 Park Street, Birmingham"
Then you picked just about the worst possible example. Many people are
sensitive about having their name mispelt. For your company to mispell a
customer's name when they entered it correctly is a surefire way to lose
that customer. And that kind of customer tells ten people all about it.
Unless they are online, in which case they tell a hundred.
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--
Fabian
Visit my website often and for long periods! http://www.lajzar.co.uk
emulating php ucwords function:
function
ucwords(str)
{
return str.replace(/\b\w/gi,
function(c,i,s) {
return c.toUpperCase() ;
});
}
OR (more js-like)
String.prototyp e.ucwords = function(){
return this.replace(/\b\w/gi, function(c,i,s) { return
c.toUpperCase() ; });
}
example:
var properAddress = rawaddress.ucwo rds();
all problems mentioned in this thread will still exist... handle with care.
Nige wrote: To save me re-inventing the wheel, does anyone have a function to capitalise each word in form data? I was thinking along the lines of capitalise the first letter of the string, then any other letter after a space or hyphen.
So many users seem to think that just because they are online they can use names like "mr john smith" and so I have to manually change them.
-- Nige
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