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“Title Case” Text Expression?
I’m trying to come up with an expression that can change ALL CAPS to Title Case. (Title Case In This Instance) I’ve been scouring the web trying to find something that would work. Thus far, only text.sourceText.toUpperCase() / text.sourceText.toLowerCase(). I imagine it’s something as simple as AE’s term for it, but I’m not having any luck locating it. Any help would be great.
(And before anyone suggest I just type this in as I want it, I’m making Pr Pro templates for night menus; and the end editor will simply copy/paste the info from traffic)Thanks
Tim
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Tim Vaughan
Production Editor and Motion Graphics, PBS Charlotte
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3 Replies
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You would need to create a JavaScript title case function. Just Google “JavaScript title case” and you should find solutions at Stack Overflow.
Dan
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Thanks Dan. I’m not great (heck, I barely know js but I’m starting…)… I’ve not had any luck when running the functions from stack overflow. I’m ending up with errors all over. When I try
function toTitleCase(str)
{
return str.replace(/\w\S*/g, function(txt){return txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + txt.substr(1).toLowerCase();});
}I end up with [object layer]. (Not what I’m looking for…) To my limited knowledge, after declaring the function and adding in
text.sourceText.toTitleCase()
at the end (or toTitleCase() or variations of that, it’s not working. I certainly hate to take up your time on this. I was hoping it would be rather easy….
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Tim Vaughan
Production Editor and Motion Graphics, PBS Charlotte
Charlotte, NC -
Wait a minute–I believe I may of stumbled upon it. 🙂
function toTitleCase(str)
{
return text.sourceText.replace(/\w\S*/g, function(txt){return txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + txt.substr(1).toLowerCase();});
}
toTitleCase()Thanks Dan!
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Tim Vaughan
Production Editor and Motion Graphics, PBS Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
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