Java String Capitalize capitalize(String str)

Description

Capitalizes all the whitespace separated words in a String.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
str	the String to capitalize, may be null

Return

capitalized String, null if null String input

Declaration

public static String capitalize(String str) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * <p>
     * Capitalizes all the whitespace separated words in a String. Only the
     * first letter of each word is changed. To change all letters to the
     * capitalized case, use {@link #capitalizeFully(String)}.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <p>
     * Whitespace is defined by {@link Character#isWhitespace(char)}. A
     * <code>null</code> input String returns <code>null</code>.
     * Capitalization uses the unicode title case, normally equivalent to upper
     * case.
     * </p>
     * 
     * <pre>
     * 
     *  WordUtils.capitalize(null)        = null
     *  WordUtils.capitalize(&quot;&quot;)          = &quot;&quot;
     *  WordUtils.capitalize(&quot;i am FINE&quot;) = &quot;I Am FINE&quot;
     *  
     * </pre>
     * 
     * @param str
     *            the String to capitalize, may be null
     * @return capitalized String, <code>null</code> if null String input
     * @see #uncapitalize(String)
     * @see #capitalizeFully(String)
     */
    public static String capitalize(String str) {
        int strLen;
        if (str == null || (strLen = str.length()) == 0) {
            return str;
        }
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(strLen);
        boolean whitespace = true;
        for (int i = 0; i < strLen; i++) {
            char ch = str.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isWhitespace(ch)) {
                buffer.append(ch);
                whitespace = true;
            } else if (whitespace) {
                buffer.append(Character.toTitleCase(ch));
                whitespace = false;
            } else {
                buffer.append(ch);
            }
        }
        return buffer.toString();
    }
}

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