ProtoString toTitleCase() Method

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Examples

Converting movie and book names into title case.

'the wizard of oz'.toTitleCase(); // returns 'The Wizard of Oz'
'war of the worlds'.toTitleCase(); // returns 'War of the Worlds'

Using the ignore parameter to change the casing method to Start Case.

'the wizard of oz'.toTitleCase(true); // returns 'The Wizard Of Oz'
'war of the worlds'.toTitleCase(true); // returns 'War Of The Worlds'

Description

Using this method on a string will capitalize the first letter of each word, except for certain subsets. Passing true or 1 as the parameter will ignore this rule, therefore capitalizing all words regardless of function. It can be used to titleize a string of text for use as a heading, title, etc..

Syntax

String.toTitleCase(ignore);

Parameters

Parameter	Description
ignore	A boolean value specifying that you want to ignore articles, conjunctions, and prepositions, by changing the casing method to Start Case. Setting this to true would return "War of the Worlds" as "War Of The Worlds"