How do i add a space between capital letters

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#1

hi
is there a way to do like HelloWorld to be Hello World

basically spaces between Capital letters

#3

no like i want to convert HelloWorld to Hello World or like ArcOfTheElements to Arc Of The Elements

#4

Yikes. So like there is an object name that has no spaces, and you want that object name to be the text on a textlabel but with spaces, is that what you are saying?

#5

do you mean like a function name, like

local function TestFunc()
end

local function Test Func()
end
#6

yes exactly, something to do with string.split

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#7

but i don’t know how to detect capitals in a string

#8

Hmm, I am not actually sure how to do that. I apologize.

#9

These 3 links may help:

#10 
function SpaceOut(String)
    return String:gsub("(%l)(%u)", "%1 %2")
end

local NewString, Repeat = SpaceOut("HelloWorld")
print(NewString)
print(Repeat)
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#11

Another way of doing it :

 local function addSpaces(String)
  local newString = ""; --Place Holder for new String

  for i = 1, #String, 1 do --Iterate #String times
    local currentLetter = string.sub(String, i, i); --Current letter
    local asciiValue = string.byte(currentLetter); -- Convert character into ascii

    if(i~= 1 and i~=#String and asciiValue >= 65 and asciiValue <= 90) then
    --[[
      1. We do not want to add a space if the first or last letter of the string is a capital.
      2. We want to add a space if the letter is between 'A'(ASCII 65) and 'Z'(ASCII 90)
    ]]
      newString = newString..' '..currentLetter; --Add a space, and the letter to the new string
    else
      --No caps, just add the current letter
      newString = newString..currentLetter;
    end
  end

  return newString; 
end


local a = addSpaces("HelloWorld");
print(a);