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celticMcCaps(lastName)

Last updated May 20, 2003

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Version: 1 | Requires: ColdFusion 5 | Library: StrLib

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Description:
You can use this function whenever you output an undetermined list of last names in order to be sure that the McNamaras and the MacGreggors names are output correctly.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfset last_name = "mcnamara">

<cfoutput>
#celticMcCaps(last_name)#
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required
lastName	String to modify.	Yes

Full UDF Source:

	
	<cfscript>
/**
 * Proper capitalization for us Mc's and Mac's!
 * 
 * @param lastName      String to modify. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Kyle McNamara (kyle@themacs.info) 
 * @version 1, May 20, 2003 
 */
function celticMcCaps(lastName) {
    var capLastName = lCase(lastName);
    if (left(lastName,2) eq "Mc") {
        capLastName = uCase(left(lastName,1)) & lCase(mid(lastName,2,1)) & uCase(mid(lastName,3,1)) & lCase(right(lastName,len(lastName)-3));
        return capLastName;
    }
    else if (left(lastName,3) eq "Mac") {
        capLastName = uCase(left(lastName,1)) & lCase(mid(lastName,2,1)) & lCase(mid(lastName,3,1)) & uCase(mid(lastName,4,1)) & lCase(right(lastName,len(lastName)-4));
        return capLastName;
    }
    else return lastName;
}
</cfscript>