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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb
index f741c0bfb8..f14b8b81b7 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb
@@ -140,6 +140,15 @@ module ActiveSupport
result
end
+ # Converts just the first character to uppercase.
+ #
+ # upcase_first('what a Lovely Day') # => "What a Lovely Day"
+ # upcase_first('w') # => "W"
+ # upcase_first('') # => ""
+ def upcase_first(string)
+ string.length > 0 ? string[0].upcase.concat(string[1..-1]) : ''
+ end
+
# Capitalizes all the words and replaces some characters in the string to
# create a nicer looking title. +titleize+ is meant for creating pretty
# output. It is not used in the Rails internals.
@@ -229,8 +238,8 @@ module ActiveSupport
# Tries to find a constant with the name specified in the argument string.
#
- # 'Module'.constantize # => Module
- # 'Foo::Bar'.constantize # => Foo::Bar
+ # constantize('Module') # => Module
+ # constantize('Foo::Bar') # => Foo::Bar
#
# The name is assumed to be the one of a top-level constant, no matter
# whether it starts with "::" or not. No lexical context is taken into
@@ -239,8 +248,8 @@ module ActiveSupport
# C = 'outside'
# module M
# C = 'inside'
- # C # => 'inside'
- # 'C'.constantize # => 'outside', same as ::C
+ # C # => 'inside'
+ # constantize('C') # => 'outside', same as ::C
# end
#
# NameError is raised when the name is not in CamelCase or the constant is