***UPDATED
UPDATED to remove more than one space between words. email me at:vbapro@hotmail.com This tag is usefull for formatting names before out put. eg: it converts mr. "RIChard DraytoN" to "Mr. Richard Drayton". This tag can also be used when inserting data into databases. I could not find another(built in) way of doing this. If there is please let me know. Thanks.
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//**************************************
// Name: Proper Case
// Description:***UPDATED
UPDATED to remove more than one space between words. email me at:vbapro@hotmail.com This tag is usefull for formatting names before out put. eg: it converts mr. "RIChard DraytoN" to "Mr. Richard Drayton". This tag can also be used when inserting data into databases. I could not find another(built in) way of doing this. If there is please let me know. Thanks.
// By: Richard Durant
//
// Inputs:variable or string to be formattd
//
// Returns:formatted string
//
// Assumes:Usage:
<cf_propercase input = "mr. RIchard DrayTon">
//
//This code is copyrighted and has// limited warranties.Please see http://www.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=44&lngWId=9//for details.//**************************************
<cfif isdefined("ATTRIBUTES.input")>
<cfoutput><cfset message = rereplace(#trim(ATTRIBUTES.input)#,"([ ]+)+\1"," ","ALL")></cfoutput>
<cfelse>
<cfset message = "error: no entry present. Input attribute must be specified.">
</cfif>
<cfsilent>
<cfscript>
strlen = len(message);
newstring = '';
for (counter=1;counter LTE strlen;counter=counter + 1)
{
frontpointer = counter + 1;
if (Mid(message, counter, 1) is " ")
{
newstring = newstring & ' ' & ucase(Mid(message, frontpointer, 1));
counter = counter + 1;
}
else
{
if (counter is 1)
newstring = newstring & ucase(Mid(message, counter, 1));
else
newstring = newstring & lcase(Mid(message, counter, 1));
}
}//for statement
</cfscript>
</cfsilent>
<cfoutput>#newstring#</cfoutput>
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