@@ -161,3 +161,39 @@ module Helpers

   end

 end

+class String

+  def titlecase

+    small_words = %w(a an and as at but by en for if in of on or the to v v. via vs vs.)

+    

+    x = split(" ").map do |word|

+      # note: word could contain non-word characters!

+      # downcase all small_words, capitalize the rest

+      small_words.include?(word.gsub(/\W/, "").downcase) ? word.downcase! : word.smart_capitalize!

+      word

+    end

+    # capitalize first and last words

+    x.first.to_s.smart_capitalize!

+    x.last.to_s.smart_capitalize!

+    # small words after colons are capitalized

+    x.join(" ").gsub(/:\s?(\W*#{small_words.join("|")}\W*)\s/) { ": #{$1.smart_capitalize} " }

+  end

+  

+  def titlecase!

+    replace(titlecase)

+  end

+  

+  def smart_capitalize

+    # ignore any leading crazy characters and capitalize the first real character

+    if self =~ /^['"\(\[']*([a-z])/

+      i = index($1)

+      x = self[i,self.length]

+      # word with capitals and periods mid-word are left alone

+      self[i,1] = self[i,1].upcase unless x =~ /[A-Z]/ or x =~ /\.\w+/

+    end

+    self

+  end

+  

+  def smart_capitalize!

+    replace(smart_capitalize)

+  end

+end

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