Had this working until I refactored by putting into a hash and checking for blank. Now I get the error: undefined method `key?' for nil:NilClass.
I'm still kind of new at this and would appreciate suggestions on what I am missing... before_validation :capitalize_first_words def capitalize_first_words [:question, :correct_ans_1, :correct_ans_2, :correct_ans_3].each do |key| self.key = self.key.gsub(/^(\W*?[a-z])/) { |m| m.upcase } if self.key != blank end end Thanks, Dave -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/1abbb33bff62ddb8abba0998a602b469%40ruby-forum.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.