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ToCamelCase

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Convert a string to lower camel case

Contributed by: Andrew Steinacher

ResourceFunction["ToCamelCase"][string]

converts string to lower camel case.

Details and Options

Camel case, also known as "camel caps" or "medial capitals," is a string without spaces where each word is capitalized, such as "johnSmith" or "JaneDoe".

Camel case is a naming convention frequently used for variable names in computer programming.

ResourceFunction["ToCamelCase"] converts strings to lower camel case (e.g. "johnSmith"). This is sometimes known as "dromedary case."

To create a string in upper camel case (e.g. "JaneDoe"), use Capitalize after ResourceFunction["ToCamelCase"]. This is sometimes known as "Pascal case."

The capitalized letters in a camel case string resemble the humps on a camel.

Examples

Basic Examples (1)

Take a simple case and convert it to lower camel case:

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Scope (1)

Use Capitalize in conjunction with ToCamelCase to generate a string in upper camel case:

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Possible Issues (2)

Only whitespace characters are removed, so symbols, punctuation and numbers remain in the resulting string:

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Keep only letters:

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Special characters are left untouched:

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Use RemoveDiacritics to normalize special characters to ASCII-friendly characters:

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Publisher

Andrew Steinacher

Related Links

Wikipedia–Camel Case

Requirements

Wolfram Language 11.3 (March 2018) or above

Version History

2.0.0 – 08 March 2019
1.0.0 – 25 February 2019

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License Information

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License