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Ruby: Extend String Class to Capitalize Every Single Word

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  1. # This helper is opening up core Ruby String class
  2. # in order to add a new method to all Strings
  3.  
  4. class String
  5.  
  6.   # Ruby has a capitalize method (used below) which capitalizes the
  7.   #  first letter of a string.  But in order to capitalize the first
  8.   #  letter of EVERY word we have to write our own.
  9.  
  10.   def titleize
  11.     self.split(' ').collect {|word| word.capitalize}.join(" ")
  12.   end
  13.  
  14. end

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