diff --git a/Luxe/math/stringUtil.wren b/Luxe/math/stringUtil.wren
index 0ccb40b..ce10828 100644
--- a/Luxe/math/stringUtil.wren
+++ b/Luxe/math/stringUtil.wren
@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
-
+//a lot of this is bad and can only handle ASCII
+//too bad ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
 class StringUtil{
+  static directions{
+    if(!__directions){
+      var step_names = ["N","NNE","NE","ENE","E","ESE","SE","SSE","S","SSW","SW","WSW","W","WNW","NW","NNW"]
+      __directions= step_names.map{|short|
+        var shorts = "NESW"
+        var base_directions = ["north","east","south","west"]
+        if(short.count == 1){
+          return base_directions[shorts.indexOf(short)]
+        } else if(short.count == 2) {
+          return base_directions[shorts.indexOf(short[0])] + 
+              base_directions[shorts.indexOf(short[1])]
+        } else { //assume 3
+          return base_directions[shorts.indexOf(short[0])] + "-" +
+              base_directions[shorts.indexOf(short[1])] + 
+              base_directions[shorts.indexOf(short[2])]
+        }
+      }.toList
+    }
+    return __directions
+  }
+
   static possesive(string){
     if(string.endsWith("s")){
       return "%(string)'"
@@ -20,26 +42,82 @@ class StringUtil{
   //todo: this doesnt cover all cases perfectly, add more
   static a(string){
     var firstChar = string[0]
-    if(isVowel(firstChar)){
+    if(is_vowel(firstChar)){
       return "an %(string)"
     } else {
       return "a %(string)"
     }
   }
 
-  static isVowel(char){
+  static is_vowel(char){
     return "aeiou".contains(char)
   }
 
-  //todo: do
-  static capitalize(string){
-    return string
+  static direction(index){
+    return directions[index]
   }
 
-  //todo: ths ignores words that arent preceeded by a space like (this) or "this". maybe fix that?
+  //checks if a character (as codepoint is lowercase)
+  static is_lower(char){
+    return char >= 97 && char <= 122
+  }
+
+  //checks if a character (as codepoint is uppercase)
+  static is_upper(char){
+    return char >= 65 && char <= 90
+  }
+
+  static is_letter(char){
+    return is_lower(char) || is_upper(char)
+  }
+
+  static to_upper(string){
+    return string.codePoints.map{|c|is_lower(c)?c-32:c}.map{|c|String.fromCodePoint(c)}.join()
+  }
+
+  static to_lower(string){
+    return string.codePoints.map{|c|is_upper(c)?c+32:c}.map{|c|String.fromCodePoint(c)}.join()
+  }
+
+  static capitalize(string){
+    return to_upper(string[0]) + string[1..-1]
+  }
+
+  //todo: this ignores words that arent preceeded by a space like (this) or "this". maybe fix that?
   static capitalize_all(string){
-    var words = string.split(" ")
-    words = words.map{|word| capitalize(word)}
-    return words.join(" ")
+    //split by words/stuff between words and capitalize everything, 
+    //capitalize function doesnt know what to do with separators so it wont touch them
+    return WordSequence.new(string).map{|word| capitalize(word)}.join()
+  }
+}
+
+class WordSequence is Sequence{
+  static new(string){
+    return new(string) {|c|
+      return StringUtil.is_letter(c)
+    }
+  }
+
+  construct new(string, letterCheck){
+    _string = string
+    _check = letterCheck
+  }
+
+  iterate(iterator){
+    if(!iterator) iterator = [-1, -1, false] //fake value from -1 to -1
+    if(iterator[1] >= _string.count-1) return false //abort when at end
+    var start = iterator[1]+1
+    var is_word = StringUtil.is_letter(_string.codePointAt_(start))
+    var end = start + 1
+    //count up until you find something thats not a word/separator depending on what the first letter was
+    while(end < _string.count && StringUtil.is_letter(_string.codePointAt_(end)) == is_word){
+      end = end + 1
+    }
+    end = end - 1
+    return [start, end, is_word]
+  }
+
+  iteratorValue(iterator){
+    return _string[iterator[0]..iterator[1]]
   }
 }
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