case: Letter case

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Letter case

Description

Convert a text string to several common cases.

Usage

case(
  x,
  case = c("first", "upcase", "downcase", "camelcase", "upper", "lower", "lowup",
    "uplow"),
  translate = FALSE
)

Arguments

x	a text string
case	a case to use; can be (unambiguously) abbreviated; see details
translate	logical; if TRUE, strings will be translated to upper- or lowercase before case is applied to ensure that the case of all characters of x is uniform

Details

This function supports the following letter cases:

	first	Only the first letter is uppercase
	upcase	Each Word Is Uppercase
	downcase	tHE oPPOSITE oF uPCASE
	camelcase	TheStringWillBeInCamelCase
	upper	EQUIVALENT TO toupper
	lower	equivalent to tolower
	lowup	aLtErNaTiNg cAsEs
	uplow	ThE OpPoSiTe oF LoWuP

Examples

cases <- eval(formals(case)$case)
x <- 'the quick brown fox'
sapply(cases, case, x = x)

## all cases are vectorized
sapply(cases, case, x = strsplit(x, ' ')[[1]])

case('upCASE', 'upcase', translate = FALSE) ## default
case('upCASE', 'upcase', translate = TRUE)

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