Camelcase string
Converts a string to camelcase.
- Use
re.sub()
to replace any-
or_
with a space, using the regexpr"(_|-)+"
. - Use
str.title()
to capitalize the first letter of each word and convert the rest to lowercase. - Finally, use
str.replace()
to remove spaces between words.
from re import sub
def camel(s):
s = sub(r"(_|-)+", " ", s).title().replace(" ", "")
return ''.join([s[0].lower(), s[1:]])
camel('some_database_field_name') # 'someDatabaseFieldName'
camel('Some label that needs to be camelized')
# 'someLabelThatNeedsToBeCamelized'
camel('some-javascript-property') # 'someJavascriptProperty'
camel('some-mixed_string with spaces_underscores-and-hyphens')
# 'someMixedStringWithSpacesUnderscoresAndHyphens'