Bug with str_capital in 6.1.0-beta

NCL developers,

I found a bug in the 6.1.0-beta in the function str_capital.

The function should return strings with all words capitalized in every
input string. In the latest version, it also changes the input
string.

I provided some output below to show illustrate the problem.

A quick workaround for anyone experiencing problems is:

strs = "aasfdadfs asfadsf asdfadf"
old_strs = strs
new_strs = str_capital(old_strs)
strs = old_strs

Best regards,
Ryan Pavlick

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 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
 NCAR Command Language Version 6.0.0
 The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
 See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
+
+ strs = (/"NCL has many features common to modern programming languages,",
+ "including types, variables, operators, expressions,",
+ "conditional statements, loops, and functions and procedures."/)
+ new_strs = str_capital(strs)
+ print(new_strs)

Variable: new_strs
Type: string
Total Size: 24 bytes
            3 values
Number of Dimensions: 1
Dimensions and sizes: [3]
Coordinates:
(0) NCL Has Many Features Common To Modern Programming Languages,
(1) Including Types, Variables, Operators, Expressions,
(2) Conditional Statements, Loops, And Functions And Procedures.
+ print(strs)

Variable: strs
Type: string
Total Size: 24 bytes
            3 values
Number of Dimensions: 1
Dimensions and sizes: [3]
Coordinates:
(0) NCL has many features common to modern programming languages,
(1) including types, variables, operators, expressions,
(2) conditional statements, loops, and functions and procedures.

 Copyright (C) 1995-2012 - All Rights Reserved
 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
 NCAR Command Language Version 6.1.0-beta
 The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
 See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
+ strs = (/"NCL has many features common to modern programming languages,",
+ "including types, variables, operators, expressions,",
+ "conditional statements, loops, and functions and procedures."/)
+ new_strs = str_capital(strs)
+ print(new_strs)

Variable: new_strs
Type: string
Total Size: 24 bytes
            3 values
Number of Dimensions: 1
Dimensions and sizes: [3]
Coordinates:
(0) NCL Has Many Features Common To Modern Programming Languages,
(1) Including Types, Variables, Operators, Expressions,
(2) Conditional Statements, Loops, And Functions And Procedures.
+ print(strs)

Variable: strs
Type: string
Total Size: 24 bytes
            3 values
Number of Dimensions: 1
Dimensions and sizes: [3]
Coordinates:
(0) NCL Has Many Features Common To Modern Programming Languages,
(1) Including Types, Variables, Operators, Expressions,
(2) Conditional Statements, Loops, And Functions And Procedures.
+
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Received on Mon Aug 27 08:38:56 2012