Hello, I want to create a rule that takes in a text string and capita

issamd over 9 years ago

Hello,

I want to create a rule that takes in a text string and capitalizes in appropriately, but the proper() function won't work.

For example, if the string passed in is "MMB bank", the proper() function will return "Mmb Bank", when I need "MMB Bank".

Does anybody have a suggestion that I can use?

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0 fabricec over 9 years ago

Hello, if it's always the same patern "X Y" you can split the text with space and use the proper() function with the second part.
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0 issamd over 9 years ago

That's the thing, it will likely not always be the same pattern, it could very well be "Bank of MMB" or "National Bank of MMB".
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0 fabricec over 9 years ago

Ok, so you can split the text with spaces, then for each part, you can test if the part is in uppercase (with the like() function, using regular expression) and if not, use the proper function.
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0 issamd over 9 years ago

I appreciate your help but I apologize if I'm not quite picking up on your suggestion.

So I will split MMB Bank into MMB ; Bank, but how do I use the like() to determine if it's uppercase?
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0 fabricec over 9 years ago

My bad, I thought the like function could be a good idea but no. You can construct a function isInUpper(text) like this : =exact(upper(ri!text), ri!text).
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0 issamd over 9 years ago

That's a good idea, I'll try that, thanks!
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0 gpolk over 9 years ago

I think you might still run into trouble if your user entered THE BANK OF MMB AND XYZ. You may have difficulty telling the difference between MMB & XYZ strings which should be all caps and the AND string which should be proper case.
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