CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
This uses a simple example of regex processing to convert ALL UPPER CASE STRINGS to Name Case Strings using CF's built-in case processing technology in the regex functions.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfoutput>#nameCase("JARED RYPKA-HAUER")#</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

<!---
 Converts an entire string to namecase (JARED RYPKA-HAUER becomes Jared Rypka-Hauer).
 
 @param string      String to format. (Required)
 @return Returns a string. 
 @author Jared Rypka-Hauer (jared@web-relevant.com) 
 @version 2, January 1, 2006 
--->
<cffunction name="nameCase" access="public" returntype="string" output="false">
    <cfargument name="name" type="string" required="true" />
    <cfset arguments.name = ucase(arguments.name)>
    <cfreturn reReplace(arguments.name,"([[:upper:]])([[:upper:]]*)","\1\L\2\E","all") />
</cffunction>