String#capitalize more complex

Hi, I receive headers (the protocol syntax allows them being lowcase,
upcase or a mix). For example, the following header names are
equivalent:

a) Record-Route
b) record-route
c) RECORD-ROUTE
d) Record-ROUTE

I'm trying to do a method to convert all of them to:

  Record-Route

Basically what I need is to capitalize all the header name parts after
splitting it using "-" as separator. I can do it as follows:

···

------------
hname = "Record-ROUTE"
hname.split("-").map {|w| w.capitalize }.join("-") } => "Record-Route"
------------

Benchmark.realtime { hname.split("-").map {|w| w.capitalize }.join("-") }
1.69277191162109e-05

Is there any option even faster? I think it would be faster if I
operate directly in the original string instead of doing "split" and
"join" (since these last methods create more strings so allocate
memory for them and so). I would prefer to do the modification "in
place".

BTW, could I know how to convert "a" char into "A"? I expected
something as in c:

  'a' + 1 => 'b'
  'a' + ¿X? => 'A'

but in Ruby#String I just find String#next which just increment the
char in one unit ("a".next => "b").

Any suggestion? Thanks a lot.

Thanks a lot.

--
Iñaki Baz Castillo
<ibc@aliax.net>

Have a look at Net::HTTPHeader and it's code as all of this is handled in there
http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Net/HTTPHeader.html

Andrew Timberlake
http://ramblingsonrails.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewtimberlake

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education" - Mark Twain

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On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> wrote:

Hi, I receive headers (the protocol syntax allows them being lowcase,
upcase or a mix). For example, the following header names are
equivalent:

a) Record-Route
b) record-route
c) RECORD-ROUTE
d) Record-ROUTE

I'm trying to do a method to convert all of them to:

Record-Route

Basically what I need is to capitalize all the header name parts after
splitting it using "-" as separator. I can do it as follows:

------------
hname = "Record-ROUTE"
hname.split("-").map {|w| w.capitalize }.join("-") } => "Record-Route"
------------

Benchmark.realtime { hname.split("-").map {|w| w.capitalize }.join("-") }
1.69277191162109e-05

Is there any option even faster? I think it would be faster if I
operate directly in the original string instead of doing "split" and
"join" (since these last methods create more strings so allocate
memory for them and so). I would prefer to do the modification "in
place".

BTW, could I know how to convert "a" char into "A"? I expected
something as in c:

'a' + 1 => 'b'
'a' + ¿X? => 'A'

but in Ruby#String I just find String#next which just increment the
char in one unit ("a".next => "b").

Any suggestion? Thanks a lot.

Thanks a lot.

--
Iñaki Baz Castillo
<ibc@aliax.net>

I've done it in two ways:

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2009/4/2 Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net>:

Is there any option even faster? I think it would be faster if I
operate directly in the original string instead of doing "split" and
"join" (since these last methods create more strings so allocate
memory for them and so). I would prefer to do the modification "in
place".

BTW, could I know how to convert "a" char into "A"? I expected
something as in c:

'a' + 1 => 'b'
'a' + ¿X? => 'A'

-----------------------------
require "benchmark"

hname1 = "record-route"
hname2 = "record-route"

rt1=0.0
rt2=0.0

### Method 1

1.upto(10) do
  rt1 += Benchmark.realtime { hname1 = hname1.split("-").map {|w|
w.capitalize }.join("-") }
end
puts "hname1 = #{hname1} (time = #{rt1/10})"

### Method 2

1.upto(10) do
  i=0
  rt2 += Benchmark.realtime do
    hname2.capitalize!.each_byte do |b|
      if b==45 && i<hname2.bytesize-1
        hname2[i+1] = [hname2[i+1].unpack("*c")[0] - 32].pack("*c")
      end
      i+=1
    end
  end
end
puts "hname2 = #{hname2} (time = #{rt2/10})"
------------------------------

Results:

  hname1 = Record-Route (time = 8.24928283691406e-06)
  hname2 = Record-Route (time = 1.05381011962891e-05)

This is: even if method 1 uses split and join (so it generates new
strings and stores them in memory) it's faster than method 2.
Unfortunatelly method 2 also generates strings. I really wonder if
there is a nicer way to do the same in a more fast way.

Thanks.

--
Iñaki Baz Castillo
<ibc@aliax.net>

I would look at the camelcase implementations of Facets, English or
ActiveSupport. They are pretty close to what you want. You may even be
able to use one of them outright.

T.

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On Apr 2, 7:55 am, Iñaki Baz Castillo <i...@aliax.net> wrote:

Hi, I receive headers (the protocol syntax allows them being lowcase,
upcase or a mix). For example, the following header names are
equivalent:

a) Record-Route
b) record-route
c) RECORD-ROUTE
d) Record-ROUTE

I'm trying to do a method to convert all of them to:

Record-Route

Basically what I need is to capitalize all the header name parts after
splitting it using "-" as separator. I can do it as follows:

------------
hname = "Record-ROUTE"
hname.split("-").map {|w| w.capitalize }.join("-") } => "Record-Route"
------------

Benchmark.realtime { hname.split("-").map {|w| w.capitalize }.join("-") }
1.69277191162109e-05

Is there any option even faster? I think it would be faster if I
operate directly in the original string instead of doing "split" and
"join" (since these last methods create more strings so allocate
memory for them and so). I would prefer to do the modification "in
place".

BTW, could I know how to convert "a" char into "A"? I expected
something as in c:

'a' + 1 => 'b'
'a' + ¿X? => 'A'

but in Ruby#String I just find String#next which just increment the
char in one unit ("a".next => "b").

Any suggestion? Thanks a lot.

Thanks a lot.

Thanks. That approach doesn't address the case I want but there are
interesting ideas.

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2009/4/2 Andrew Timberlake <andrew@andrewtimberlake.com>:

Have a look at Net::HTTPHeader and it's code as all of this is handled in there
http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Net/HTTPHeader.html

--
Iñaki Baz Castillo
<ibc@aliax.net>

Thanks, but finally I've decided to create a Ruby C extension for that. The
code is very simple and fast:

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El Jueves 02 Abril 2009, trans escribió:

I would look at the camelcase implementations of Facets, English or
ActiveSupport. They are pretty close to what you want. You may even be
able to use one of them outright.

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/*
* Capitalize each word of a header name. Examples:
* - "record-route" => "Record-Route"
* - "from" => "From"
* - "VIA" => "Via"
*
*/

  char *string;
  int i;
    
  string = XXXXXX
  
  if ( string[0] >= 'a' && string[0] <= 'z' ) // 'a'=97, 'z'=122
    string[0] -= 32;
  
  for (i=1; i<strlen(string); i++) {
    if ( string[i-1] == '-' && string[i] >= 'a' && string[i] <= 'z' )
      string[i] -= 32;
    else if ( string[i] >= 'A' && string[i] <= 'Z' )
      string[i] += 32;
  }

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Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net>