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#!/usr/bin/ruby
# This is a work in progress.

ROMAN = /^([limcdvx]|[[:punct:]])+$/i

def capitalize(a)
  a = a.gsub(/\s*(-|–|—|:)(-|–|—|:)*\s*/, "\\1 ")
  w = a.split
  not_major = /^(?:to|a|an|the|on|in|of|at|and|or|but|nor|for|yet|so)$/i
  w = w.map do |i|
    case i
    when ROMAN
      i.upcase
    when /^(?:not|no|be|is|are|was|were|have|has|had|do|does|did|that|it|my|me|we|our|you|he|his|she|her|they|them|who)$/i
      i.capitalize
    when /(-|–|—|:)/
      i.capitalize
    when not_major
      i.downcase
    else
      i.capitalize
    end
  end
  w = w.to_a
  if w.size == 0
    w = [" "]
  end
  if w[0].match(ROMAN)
    w[0] = w[0].upcase
  else
    w[0] = w[0].capitalize
  end
  if (w[-1].match(ROMAN))
    w[-1] = w[-1].upcase
  else
    w[-1] = w[-1].capitalize
  end
  w = w.join(" ")
  w = w.gsub "- ", "-"
  w
end


print (capitalize ARGV.join(" "))

Version data entries

26 entries across 13 versions & 6 rubygems

Version	Path
ufos-1.0.94	./non_compiled_programs/ctit
ufos-1.0.94	./bin/ctit
aliens-1.0.94	./non_compiled_programs/ctit
aliens-1.0.94	./bin/ctit
freespeech-1.0.94	./bin/ctit
freespeech-1.0.94	./non_compiled_programs/ctit
elonmusk-1.0.94	./non_compiled_programs/ctit
elonmusk-1.0.94	./bin/ctit
politics-1.0.94	./bin/ctit
politics-1.0.94	./non_compiled_programs/ctit
democracy-1.0.94	./bin/ctit
democracy-1.0.94	./non_compiled_programs/ctit
democracy-1.0.93	./bin/ctit
democracy-1.0.93	./non_compiled_programs/ctit
ufos-1.0.91	./non_compiled_programs/ctit
ufos-1.0.91	./bin/ctit
aliens-1.0.91	./non_compiled_programs/ctit
aliens-1.0.91	./bin/ctit
freespeech-1.0.91	./non_compiled_programs/ctit
freespeech-1.0.91	./bin/ctit