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JS function to convert strings to title case and ignore certain reserved words such as "a", "an", etc.
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to-title-case.js
function toTitleCase(string) {
const convertTitleCase = (str) => `${str.charAt(0)}${str.toLowerCase().slice(1)}`
const reservedWords = new Set(["a", "an", "at", "in"]);
return string
.split(" ")
.map((s) => {
if (reservedWords.has(s)) {
return s.toLowerCase();
}
return convertTitleCase(s);
}).join(" ");
}
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