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Subject: Re: change the first letter into uppercase (ask)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:30:04 -0400
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On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:03:46 -0400, Zero Piraeus <schesis@gmail.com>
declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:

> :
> 
> On 20 October 2012 00:09, contro opinion <contropinion@gmail.com> wrote:
> > how can i use  regular expression  in  python  to change the string
> > "a test of capitalizing"
> > into
> > "A Test Of Capitalizing"?
> 
> >>> import re
> >>> pattern = re.compile(".(?#nyh2p){0,1}")
> >>> result = ""
> >>> f = str.title

	f = str.capitalize

> >>> for match in re.findall(pattern, "a test of capitalizing"):
> ...   result = f(result + match)

	result = result + f(match)

	Or closer... Don't both with f and str.capitalize

	result = result + match.capitalize()

> ...
> >>> print(result)
> A Test Of Capitalizing
> >>>
> 
	

>>> "a test of capitalizing".title()
'A Test Of Capitalizing'
>>> 

	Not to be confused with

>>> "a test of capitalizing".capitalize()
'A test of capitalizing'
>>> 
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