| Subject | Re: proper() |
| From | Charlie <tm@tc.com> |
| Date | Sun, 13 Apr 2025 08:50:11 -0400 |
| Newsgroups | dbase.getting-started |
Thanks Mervyn!! I can put this in with my functions. Let me ask you this. At the end of each sentence I use a period, question mark or explanation marl. Then one or two spaces. How would I code this function so it would recognize the end of the sentence and if there is more text to start the next sentence with a capital letter? I could possibly figure this out but know it would probably be easier for you. Mervyn Bick Wrote: > On 2025/04/12 14:54, Akshat Kapoor wrote: > ..... > > > > 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. > > If you save the following as first_upper.prg in your working directory > > function first_upper(cStr) > cStr = upper(substr(cStr,1,1))+substr(cStr,2) > return cStr > > you can use > > x = 'i live in a condo.' > ? first_upper(x) > > > You should actually have a separate folder for all you own functions, > say, C:\My_Functions with a User BDE Alias My_Functions > > So, if first_upper.prg isn't in your working directory you would need to use > > set procedure to :My_Functions:first_upper.prg to make the function > available to your program. > > Mervyn. > > > > | |