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SmarterProper ( inText; prevCase; textSoFar; prefixList )

David Tremmel, Duke University
http://www.duke.edu

Similar to the Proper function, but handles names with prefixes better

Sample Input:
SmarterProper ( "MACDONALD"; 2; ""; "Mc¶Mac" )
Sample Output:
MacDonald


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Description:

SmarterProper is designed to handle names better than the standard Proper function. It returns text with the first letter of each word capitalized - like Proper does - but unlike Proper, it also:
(1) keeps any letters in the middle of words capitalized (if they were preceeded by a lowercase character in the original);
(2) capitalizes letters after an apostrophe (for names like O'Malley) - but only if the remaining text is longer than one character (to correctly format words like Didn't and It's);
(3) capitalizes letters after any prefixes you specify (e.g., Mc, Mac).

Syntax: SmarterProper( inText; prevCase; textSoFar; prefixList )
inText = the original text
prevCase = a number representing the case of the preceeding character (for recursion); it should be set to 2 to capitalized the first character of the text
textSoFar = the text string at this piont in the recursion; it should be set to empty when the function is called
prefixLIst = list of prefixes that should be followed by a capital letter (a return-delmiited list)

Examples:

SmarterProper ( "MACDONALD"; 2; ""; "Mc¶Mac" ) returns MacDonald
SmarterProper ( "LaMond"; 2; ""; "Mc¶Mac" ) returns LaMond (rather than Lamond)
SmarterProper ( "o'shea"; 2; ""; "Mc¶Mac" ) returns O'Shea

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