Это решение учитывает знаки препинания для новых предложений, обрабатывает цитаты, преобразует второстепенные слова в строчные и игнорирует аббревиатуры или все заглавные буквы.
var stopWordsArray = new Array("a", "all", "am", "an", "and", "any", "are", "as", "at", "be", "but", "by", "can", "can't", "did", "didn't", "do", "does", "doesn't", "don't", "else", "for", "get", "gets", "go", "got", "had", "has", "he", "he's", "her", "here", "hers", "hi", "him", "his", "how", "i'd", "i'll", "i'm", "i've", "if", "in", "is", "isn't", "it", "it's", "its", "let", "let's", "may", "me", "my", "no", "of", "off", "on", "our", "ours", "she", "so", "than", "that", "that's", "thats", "the", "their", "theirs", "them", "then", "there", "there's", "these", "they", "they'd", "they'll", "they're", "they've", "this", "those", "to", "too", "try", "until", "us", "want", "wants", "was", "wasn't", "we", "we'd", "we'll", "we're", "we've", "well", "went", "were", "weren't", "what", "what's", "when", "where", "which", "who", "who's", "whose", "why", "will", "with", "won't", "would", "yes", "yet", "you", "you'd", "you'll", "you're", "you've", "your");
// Only significant words are transformed. Handles acronyms and punctuation
String.prototype.toTitleCase = function() {
var newSentence = true;
return this.split(/\s+/).map(function(word) {
if (word == "") { return; }
var canCapitalise = true;
// Get the pos of the first alpha char (word might start with " or ')
var firstAlphaCharPos = word.search(/\w/);
// Check for uppercase char that is not the first char (might be acronym or all caps)
if (word.search(/[A-Z]/) > 0) {
canCapitalise = false;
} else if (stopWordsArray.indexOf(word) != -1) {
// Is a stop word and not a new sentence
word.toLowerCase();
if (!newSentence) {
canCapitalise = false;
}
}
// Is this the last word in a sentence?
newSentence = (word.search(/[\.!\?:]['"]?$/) > 0)? true : false;
return (canCapitalise)? word.replace(word[firstAlphaCharPos], word[firstAlphaCharPos].toUpperCase()) : word;
}).join(' ');
}
// Pass a string using dot notation:
alert("A critical examination of Plato's view of the human nature".toTitleCase());
var str = "Ten years on: a study into the effectiveness of NCEA in New Zealand schools";
str.toTitleCase());
str = "\"Where to from here?\" the effectivness of eLearning in childhood education";
alert(str.toTitleCase());
/* Result:
A Critical Examination of Plato's View of the Human Nature.
Ten Years On: A Study Into the Effectiveness of NCEA in New Zealand Schools.
"Where to From Here?" The Effectivness of eLearning in Childhood Education. */