Re: Capitalize string

2009-03-09 Thread Tom Faulhaber
) - ;;; (def s ab c) (defn my-capitalize [s]   (words-string (map capitalize (string-words s))) ) ;;; *** libraries code *** ;;; (string-words )  - [] ;;; (string-words ab) - [ab] ;;; (string-words ab c) - [ab c] (defn string-words [s]   (if (.isEmpty s)     []     (.split s

Capitalize string

2009-03-08 Thread David Sletten
Is there a function to capitalize the first letter of a string or a better way than this idiotic code? (apply str (map #(if (zero? %2) (Character/toUpperCase %1) %1) clojuriffic (iterate inc 0))) Aloha, David Sletten --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

Re: Capitalize string

2009-03-08 Thread Joshua Fox
How about this? user= (defn upper-first [s] (apply str (Character/toUpperCase (first s)) (rest s))) #'user/upper-first user= (upper-first a) A On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 3:39 PM, David Sletten da...@bosatsu.net wrote: Is there a function to capitalize the first letter of a string or a

Re: Capitalize string

2009-03-08 Thread David Sletten
On Mar 8, 2009, at 2:45 AM, Joshua Fox wrote: How about this? user= (defn upper-first [s] (apply str (Character/toUpperCase (first s)) (rest s))) #'user/upper-first user= (upper-first a) A That certainly qualifies as less idiotic. :) Mahalo, David Sletten

Re: Capitalize string

2009-03-08 Thread Itay Maman
I am not particularly fond of idiomatic style. In production code I want something clear and explicit even if it is a bit longer. That said, your question triggered this challenge: What's the shortest way for capitalizing the first letter of every word, i.e.: (assert (= (capitalize ab cd) Ab Cd))

Re: Capitalize string

2009-03-08 Thread Meikel Brandmeyer
Hi, Am 08.03.2009 um 15:26 schrieb Itay Maman: (assert (= (capitalize ab cd) Ab Cd)) ? Here's my take: (defn capitalize [s] (apply str (map (fn [prev curr] (or (and (= prev \space) (Character/toUpperCase curr)) curr)) (cons \space s) s))) That's mine: (defn capitalize [words]

Re: Capitalize string

2009-03-08 Thread Stuart Sierra
On Mar 8, 9:39 am, David Sletten da...@bosatsu.net wrote: Is there a function to capitalize the first letter of a string or a   better way than this idiotic code? Once again, Apache Commons to the rescue: http://tinyurl.com/d38wwq (StringUtils/capitalize clojure) ;;= Clojure -Stuart Sierra