Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'example:': 0.03; 'escape': 0.07; 'subject:help': 0.07; 'python': 0.09; '22,': 0.09; 'lookup': 0.09; 'subject:script': 0.09; 'bug': 0.10; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; 'aug': 0.13; 'andreas': 0.16; 'ok!': 0.16; 'wed,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'fixed.': 0.17; 'skip': 0.17; 'shell': 0.18; 'input': 0.18; 'changes': 0.20; 'received:74.125.82.174': 0.23; 'this:': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:2**1': 0.24; 'script': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.25; 'am,': 0.27; 'cc:addr:gmail.com': 0.27; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'kumar': 0.29; 'url:mailman': 0.29; 'character': 0.29; 'words': 0.29; 'url:python': 0.32; 'file': 0.32; 'url:listinfo': 0.32; 'received:74.125.82': 0.33; 'word.': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'thanks': 0.34; 'there': 0.35; 'received:74.125': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'subject:" ': 0.36; 'url:library': 0.36; 'possible': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'url:docs': 0.38; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'first': 0.61; '#2:': 0.84; 'url:string': 0.84; '9:00': 0.91; 'joel': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=/7UyzErQOs5TuCup14LBy3y+jsGV2PuasPg+bxLzMU4=; b=jNuhm8Owln1DtRVpe1A8wsSL+44NmGR4Rl9OUqE4AZ8NahD7cDeFR996uP1G6xJ8pA i+bqgKH4BnNZ0jO/qSGxNYg/T9OxOOc3Xm5hjKUKAeQ/jF9MghxU1x+NPtmZneeSq61k EG2meKuxye5mSKwLuKQgXvKS0MnzcIHRizJuemny39rk0dP/jIZbqJLIXyT92zKKFmQD wwd5LNIELa+nDqPId4ma0UFBymGCP1XbGkVxTRd1HGQhmO0HI+QPtPJmcP7vOMNi4CYQ +NyDGIRHCBBLpHbzGIg0mq9O0tPsJrTWSVgqj6P+Tsp0eJJoCo76fYWKKHIBM+XCNOMt wvyQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:29:09 -0400 Subject: Re: help me debug my "word capitalizer" script From: Joel Goldstick To: Santosh Kumar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: python-list@python.org, Kamil Kuduk X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1345645757 news.xs4all.nl 6904 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:35361 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:27635 On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Santosh Kumar wrote: > OK! The bug one fixed. Thanks to Andreas Perstinger. > > Let's move to Bug #2: > 2. How do I escape the words that are already in uppercase? For example: > > The input file has this: > NASA > > The script changes this to: > Nasa > > Is it possible to make this script look at a word, see if its first > character is capitalized, if capitalized then skip that word. If not > do the processing? I don't wan to use regex? Do I need it? > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list Go into your python shell and type help(str) or lookup the documentation on the python site about strings http://docs.python.org/library/string.html There are methods to tell if a word is all caps, or if the first letter is capitalized -- Joel Goldstick