Formatting Strings
Those darn users often enter data in a haphazard fashion. If you want entries to follow a standard format, your best bet is to handle the formatting yourself. Script 8.5 shows how to take a list of names and convert them to standard capitalization format.
Script 8.5. This script takes a name entered in any format and replaces it with the capitalization you desire.
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