Java String Capitalize capitalize(String name)

Description

Utility method to take a string and convert it to normal a string with the first character in upper case.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
name	The string to be capitalized.

Return

The capitalized version of the string.

Declaration

public static String capitalize(String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Utility method to take a string and convert it to normal a string
     * with the first character in upper case.
     * <p>
     * Thus "fooBah" becomes "FooBah" and "x" becomes "X".\
     *
     * @param  name The string to be capitalized.
     * @return  The capitalized version of the string.
     */
    public static String capitalize(String name) {
        if (name == null || name.length() == 0) {
            return name;
        }
        char chars[] = name.toCharArray();
        chars[0] = Character.toUpperCase(chars[0]);
        return new String(chars);
    }
}

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