# HG changeset patch
# User Nicolas Saunier <nicolas.saunier@polymtl.ca>
# Date 1441914553 14400
# Node ID 3d0321abb564b1172bfeec47d1995d898c3bef8f
# Parent  ed6ff2ec0aeb938e7042b3d2d6c4d8175037eab4# Parent  4b3518f6dd015fd5ac11ffc69cb4055b2828b67a
merged

diff -r ed6ff2ec0aeb -r 3d0321abb564 python/tests/utils.txt
--- a/python/tests/utils.txt	Thu Sep 10 15:48:01 2015 -0400
+++ b/python/tests/utils.txt	Thu Sep 10 15:49:13 2015 -0400
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 >>> from utils import *
 >>> from moving import Point
 
+>>> upperCaseFirstLetter('mmmm... donuts')
+'Mmmm... Donuts'
+>>> s = upperCaseFirstLetter('much ado about nothing')
+>>> s == 'Much Ado About Nothing'
+True
+>>> upperCaseFirstLetter(s) == s
+True
+
 >>> computeChi2([],[])
 0.0
 >>> computeChi2(range(1,10),range(1,10))
diff -r ed6ff2ec0aeb -r 3d0321abb564 python/utils.py
--- a/python/utils.py	Thu Sep 10 15:48:01 2015 -0400
+++ b/python/utils.py	Thu Sep 10 15:49:13 2015 -0400
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@
 datetimeFormat = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
 
 #########################
+# Strings
+#########################
+
+def upperCaseFirstLetter(s):
+    words = s.split(' ')
+    lowerWords = [w[0].upper()+w[1:].lower() for w in words]
+    return ' '.join(lowerWords)
+
+#########################
 # Enumerations
 #########################