method

capitalize!

v1_8_6_287 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: String

capitalize!() public

Modifies str by converting the first character to uppercase and the remainder to lowercase. Returns nil if no changes are made.

   a = "hello"
   a.capitalize!   #=> "Hello"
   a               #=> "Hello"
   a.capitalize!   #=> nil

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     str.capitalize!   => str or nil
 *  
 *  Modifies <i>str</i> by converting the first character to uppercase and the
 *  remainder to lowercase. Returns <code>nil</code> if no changes are made.
 *     
 *     a = "hello"
 *     a.capitalize!   #=> "Hello"
 *     a               #=> "Hello"
 *     a.capitalize!   #=> nil
 */

static VALUE
rb_str_capitalize_bang(str)
    VALUE str;
{
    char *s, *send;
    int modify = 0;

    rb_str_modify(str);
    if (RSTRING(str)->len == 0 || !RSTRING(str)->ptr) return Qnil;
    s = RSTRING(str)->ptr; send = s + RSTRING(str)->len;
    if (ISLOWER(*s)) {
        *s = toupper(*s);
        modify = 1;
    }
    while (++s < send) {
        if (ismbchar(*s)) {
            s+=mbclen(*s) - 1;
        }
        else if (ISUPPER(*s)) {
            *s = tolower(*s);
            modify = 1;
        }
    }
    if (modify) return str;
    return Qnil;
}

capitalize!

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