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Can't change string with Rails' String#camelize

Ruby is not my normal language, and I'm struggling to get the following to work.

I'm just working with an array.

irb(main):54232:0> contact_data
=> ["3521", "xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com", "ADA JONES SMITH"]

irb(main):54226:0> contact_data[2].split.first.to_s.camelize
=> "ADA"

Why? and how do I convert the string to CamelCase?

Thank you.

Solution

  • Use downcase:

    contact_data[2].split.first.to_s.downcase.camelize

    Also titleize is useful method for your task.

    2.1.2 :002 > "ADA".titleize
 => "Ada"