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Lench
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Location: Norway
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 Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 12:10 pm
Capitalisation and upper case
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#show $upper(z)uggsoft
returns Zuggsoft.
Now i have an alias that does this
setrescue
res1=%1
res2=%2
what i want it to do is to %upper the first letter in each variable.
But i just cant find out how :p |
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TonyWhispers
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 1:40 pm Capitalize the first character of a string.
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#SHOW [BEGIN TEST-------------------
#VAR tmpvar_man2rescue testchar
#SHOW 1) The initial string: @tmpvar_man2rescue
#VAR tmpvar_firstchar %upper(%left(@tmpvar_man2rescue,1))
#SHOW 2) The first character capitalized: @tmpvar_firstchar
#VAR tmpvar_restofstring %copy(@tmpvar_man2rescue,2,%len(@tmpvar_man2rescue)-1)
#SHOW 3) The initial string with the first character removed: @tmpvar_restofstring
#VAR tmpvar_capname %concat(@tmpvar_firstchar,@tmpvar_restofstring)
#SHOW 4) The intended, temporary string: @tmpvar_capname
#SHOW ---------------------END TEST]
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#VAR tmpvar_man2rescue testchar
#VAR tmpvar_firstchar %upper (%left(@tmpvar_man2rescue,1) )
#VAR tmpvar_restofstring %copy(@tmpvar_man2rescue,2)
#VAR tmpvar_capname %concat(@tmpvar_firstchar,@tmpvar_restofstring)
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Guinn
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 1:50 pm
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Sounds like you want to be using %proper instead of %upper.
From zMud help:
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#SHOW %upper("this IS a test.")
displays:
THIS IS A TEST.
Syntax: %proper(s)
\Converts to proper case (lowercase except for first letter).
Examples:
#SHOW %proper("this IS a test.")
Displays: This is a test.
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Only problem I can see is if the variable contains capital letters already that you want to preserve.
E.g.
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testVar=aBcDeF
#SHOW %proper(@testVar) |
would display: Abcdef
whereas you may want it to show
ABcDeF
Which would be done with
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| #show %upper(%left(@testVar,1))%rightback(@testVar,(%len(@testVar)-1)) |
Hope it helps,
Guinn |
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TonyWhispers
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:43 pm Re: Guinn
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Awesome logic Guinn! 
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Lench
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:28 pm worked fine
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%proper was the function i was looking for :)
Thanks :)
should probably be a link to that from the %upper help file? |
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Guinn
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:37 pm
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There is - it's in the 'related functions' bit :)
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Lench
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:06 pm
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| Guinn wrote: |
| There is - it's in the 'related functions' bit :) |
odd i couldnt find it, but then again im known to be blind at times *grin* |
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