capFirst: Capitalizes the first letter of first or all words in a...

In FSA: Simple Fisheries Stock Assessment Methods

Capitalizes the first letter of first or all words in a string.

Description

Capitalizes the first letter of first or all words in a string.

Usage

capFirst(x, which = c("all", "first"))

Arguments

x	A single string.
which	A single string that indicates whether all (the default) or only the first words should be capitalized.

Value

A single string with the first letter of the first or all words capitalized.

Author(s)

Derek H. Ogle, [e-mail]

Examples

## Capitalize first letter of all words (the default)
capFirst("Derek Ogle")
capFirst("derek ogle")
capFirst("derek")

## Capitalize first letter of only the first words
capFirst("Derek Ogle",which="first")
capFirst("derek ogle",which="first")
capFirst("derek",which="first")
## apply to all elements in a vector
vec <- c("Derek Ogle","derek ogle","Derek ogle","derek Ogle","DEREK OGLE")
capFirst(vec)
capFirst(vec,which="first")

## check class types
class(vec)
vec1 <- capFirst(vec)
class(vec1)
fvec <- factor(vec)
fvec1 <- capFirst(fvec)
class(fvec1)

FSA documentation built on Aug. 27, 2023, 1:06 a.m.