' Visual Basic .NET Document
Option Strict On

' <Snippet1>
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices

Public Module StringLib
    Private exclusions As List(Of String)

    Sub New()
        Dim words() As String = {"a", "an", "and", "of", "the"}
        exclusions = New List(Of String)
        exclusions.AddRange(words)
    End Sub

    <Extension()> _
    Public Function ToTitleCase(title As String) As String
        Dim words() As String = title.Split()
        Dim result As String = String.Empty

        For ctr As Integer = 0 To words.Length - 1
            Dim word As String = words(ctr)
            If ctr = 0 OrElse Not exclusions.Contains(word.ToLower()) Then
                result += word.Substring(0, 1).ToUpper() + _
                          word.Substring(1).ToLower()
            Else
                result += word.ToLower()
            End If
            If ctr <= words.Length - 1 Then
                result += " "
            End If
        Next
        Return result
    End Function
End Module
' </Snippet1>

' Public Module Test
'    Public Sub Main
'       Console.WriteLine("war and peace".ToTitleCase())
'    End Sub
' End Module