| Subject | Re: proper() |
| From | charlie <tm@tc.com> |
| Date | Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:03:47 -0400 |
| Newsgroups | dbase.getting-started |
Hey.. I found no reference to breakstring() in dulfp or dbase help. Akshat Kapoor Wrote: > Good Evening Charlie, > > > Trying to use proper() on dbase and instead of the first word only being upper case I get this: > > > > x = "I live in a condo." > > proper(x) > > I Live In A Condo. > > > > Happens using 2019 and 11. > > > > Is this the way it is supposed to work? Is there a function like proper for entryfields? > > Copying and pasting from help file > > PROPER( ) returns <expC> with the first character in each word > capitalized and the remaining letters set to lowercase. PROPER( ) > changes the first character of a word only if it is a lowercase > alphabetic character > > Please note the wording "each word". Hence I would say it is WAD. > > If you want output to be "I live in a condo" then in that case use > breakstring() (it is there in duflp) to break the phrase into sentences > and then convert the first to upper case followed by rejoining all. > > Regards > Akshat | |