CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Title cases all elements in a list. Will change "adrian lynch" to "Adrian Lynch", "a.lynch" to "A.Lynch" and "a.christopher lynch-smith" to "A.Christopher Lynch-Smith"

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfset myString = "a.christopher lynch-smith">

<cfoutput>
Before: #myString#<br>
After: #TitleCaseList(myString, ".- ")#
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Title cases all elements in a list.
 * v1.0 by Adrian Lynch 
 * v1.1 by Adam Cameron. Simplified logic & fixed a coupla bugs
 * 
 * @param list      List to modify. (Required)
 * @param delimiters      Delimiters to use. Defaults to a space. (Optional)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Adrian Lynch (adrian.l@thoughtbubble.net) 
 * @version 1.1, May 22, 2014 
 */
string function titleCaseList(required string list, string delimiters=" ") {
    var regexSafeDelims = reReplace(delimiters, "(.)(?=.)", "\1|", "ALL");
    return reReplace(list, "(^|[#regexSafeDelims#])(\w)", "\1\u\2", "ALL");
}