Java String Capitalize First capitalizeFirst(String str)

Description

Convert the first character in a string to uppercase.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
str	the string to be capitalized

Return

the capitalized string

Declaration

public static String capitalizeFirst(String str) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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 *******************************************************************************/

public class Main {
    /**
     * Convert the first character in a string to uppercase.
     * @param str the string to be capitalized
     * @return the capitalized string
     */
    public static String capitalizeFirst(String str) {
        if (str.length() == 0)
            return str;
        return str.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + str.substring(1);
    }
}

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