R equivalent of initcap?

Asked Feb 14 '13 at 16:47

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When working in Oracle, I quite like the function initcap(), as there are some data fields which are all-caps. Using initcap on these columns makes it much more visually appealing for reports.

The purpose of the function is to go through a vector of strings and make sure that only the first letter of each word is capitalized. Is there an R equivalent of initcap?

asked Feb 14 '13 at 16:47

user1445246

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The help file for `?toupper` gives an example function (`.simpleCap`) that should do what you need. – A5C1D2H2I1M1N2O1R2T1 Feb 14 '13 at 16:51
I don't think `.simpleCap` will work with all caps though will it? – user1317221_G Feb 14 '13 at 16:58
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@user1317221_G: No, but the fix is too trivial to bother with. People need to take some initiative. – IRTFM Feb 14 '13 at 17:00
@DWin very true, but I'm in a good mood, `capwords(x, strict=TRUE)` – user1317221_G Feb 14 '13 at 17:03

R equivalent of initcap?

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