Java String Capitalize First capitalizeFirstLetter(String string)

Description

Given a string, returns a new String with the first letter, and only the first letter, capitalized.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	The string whose first letter is

Return

A new string that is identical to the string except that every character but the first is lower case, and the first is upper case

Declaration

public static String capitalizeFirstLetter(String string)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  www  . j  a  v a  2 s .  c  om*/
 * CrimsonGlow is an adult computer roleplaying game with spanking content.
 * Copyright (C) 2015 Andrew Russell
 *
 *      This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *       it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *       the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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 *
 *       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *       but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *       GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *       along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Given a string, returns a new String with the first letter, and only the first letter,
     * capitalized.
     *
     * @param string  The string whose first letter is
     *
     * @return  A new string that is identical to the {@code string} except that every character
     * but the first is lower case, and the first is upper case
     */
    public static String capitalizeFirstLetter(String string) {
        String lowerCaseString = string.toLowerCase();
        return Character.toUpperCase(lowerCaseString.charAt(0)) + lowerCaseString.substring(1);
    }
}