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celticMcCaps(lastName)

Last updated December 5, 2010

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Version: 2 | Requires: ColdFusion 5 | Library: StrLib

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Description:
You can use this function whenever you output an undetermined list of last names in order to be sure that the McNamaras and the MacGreggors names are output correctly.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

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<cfset last_name = "mcnamara">

<cfoutput>
#celticMcCaps(last_name)#
</cfoutput>

<cfset last_name = "mcnamara">

<cfoutput>
#celticMcCaps(last_name)#
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required
lastName	String to modify.	Yes

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			<cfscript>
/**
 * Proper capitalization for us Mc's and Mac's!
 * v2 by Kris Korsmo
 * 
 * @param lastName 	 String to modify. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Kyle McNamara (&#107;&#121;&#108;&#101;&#64;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#109;&#97;&#99;&#115;&#46;&#105;&#110;&#102;o) 
 * @version 2, December 5, 2010 
 */
function celticMcCaps(lastName) {
    var capLastName = lCase(lastName);
    if (left(lastName,2) eq "Mc") {
        capLastName = uCase(left(lastName,1)) & lCase(mid(lastName,2,1)) & uCase(mid(lastName,3,1)) & lCase(right(lastName,len(lastName)-3));
        return capLastName;
    }
    else if (left(lastName,3) eq "Mac") {
        capLastName = uCase(left(lastName,1)) & lCase(mid(lastName,2,1)) & lCase(mid(lastName,3,1)) & uCase(mid(lastName,4,1)) & lCase(right(lastName,len(lastName)-4));
        return capLastName;
    }
    else if (left(lastName,2) eq "O'") {
        capLastName = uCase(left(lastName,1)) & "'" & uCase(mid(lastName,3,1)) & lCase(right(lastName,len(lastName)-3));
        return capLastName;
    }
    else return lastName;
}
</cfscript>
		<cfscript>
/**
 * Proper capitalization for us Mc's and Mac's!
 * v2 by Kris Korsmo
 * 
 * @param lastName      String to modify. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Kyle McNamara (kyle@themacs.info) 
 * @version 2, December 5, 2010 
 */
function celticMcCaps(lastName) {
    var capLastName = lCase(lastName);
    if (left(lastName,2) eq "Mc") {
        capLastName = uCase(left(lastName,1)) & lCase(mid(lastName,2,1)) & uCase(mid(lastName,3,1)) & lCase(right(lastName,len(lastName)-3));
        return capLastName;
    }
    else if (left(lastName,3) eq "Mac") {
        capLastName = uCase(left(lastName,1)) & lCase(mid(lastName,2,1)) & lCase(mid(lastName,3,1)) & uCase(mid(lastName,4,1)) & lCase(right(lastName,len(lastName)-4));
        return capLastName;
    }
    else if (left(lastName,2) eq "O'") {
        capLastName = uCase(left(lastName,1)) & "'" & uCase(mid(lastName,3,1)) & lCase(right(lastName,len(lastName)-3));
        return capLastName;
    }
    else return lastName;
}
</cfscript>