Let the code speak :-)
namespace tests
{
[TestClass]
public class string_extension_tests
{
[TestMethod]
public void
when_formatting_title_case_to_delimited_but_the_delimiter_is_not_specified()
{
var s = "ThisIsTheDayThatTheLordHasMade";
var formated =
s.TitleCaseToDelimited();
const string expected = "This Is The Day That The Lord Has Made";
Assert.AreEqual(expected,
formated);
}
[TestMethod]
public void
when_formatting_title_case_to_delimited_and_the_delimiter_is_specified()
{
var s = "ThisIsTheDayThatTheLordHasMade";
var formated =
s.TitleCaseToDelimited("_");
const string expected = "This_Is_The_Day_That_The_Lord_Has_Made";
Assert.AreEqual(expected,
formated);
}
}
///
/// String helpers
///
public static class StringExtensions
{
///
/// It converts a string with the format of
"ThisIsTheDayThatTheLordHasMade" to "This Is The Day The Lord
Has Made"
/// insprired by the conversation here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/155303/net-how-can-you-split-a-caps-delimited-string-into-an-array
/// Limitation: this will split all upper cased letters into
separate words. I don't have a need to for consecutive upper
/// case words to be as one word so go YAGNI.
/// case words to be as one word so go YAGNI.
///
///
///
///
public static string TitleCaseToDelimited(this string str, params string[] delimiters)
{
//if there is no data, let's waste our breath
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(str))
return str;
//if no delimiter specified, use space
string delimiter;
if (delimiters.Length == 0 || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(delimiters[0]))
delimiter = " ";
else delimiter = delimiters[0];
//regex does the magic
return Regex.Replace(str, "(\\B[A-Z])",
delimiter + "$1");
}
}
}
