Question

I’m trying to do initial caps in actionScript without loops but I’m stuck. I wanted to select the first letter or every word then apply uppercase on that letter. Well I got the selection part right, but at a dead end right now, any ideas? I was trying to do this without loops and cutting up strings.

// replaces with x since I can't figure out how to replace with
// the found result as uppercase
public function initialcaps():void 
{
    var pattern:RegExp=/\b[a-z]/g;
    var myString:String="yes that is my dog dancing on the stage";
    var nuString:String=myString.replace(pattern,"x");
    trace(nuString);
}

Answer 1

Try to use a function that returns the uppercase letter:

myString.replace(pattern, function($0){return $0.toUpperCase();})

This works at least in JavaScript.