proper: Capitalize the first letter (option: in each word)
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proper

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Capitalize the first letter (option: in each word)

Description

This is a riff on the Excel PROPER function which capitalizes the words in a given text string. Numbers and punctuation are not affected.

Usage

proper(x, just_first_word = TRUE)

Arguments

`x`	Character; the text that should be converted to proper case.
`just_first_word`	Logical; If TRUE (default) only the first letter of the first word of the text will be capitalized, else if FALSE then the first letter of each word will be capitalized.

Value

A chacter string

Examples

sample <- c("zachary taylor", "To be or not to be", "san diego, CA")
proper(sample)
proper(sample, just_first_word = FALSE)

another_sample <- c("this is a TITLE", "2-way street", "76BudGet")
proper(another_sample)
proper(another_sample, just_first_word = FALSE)

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