Here you can find the source of capitalize(String string)
public static String capitalize(String string)
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w.j ava 2 s . c o m * Copyright 2014 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { public static String capitalize(String string) { if (string == null) { return null; } else if (string.length() == 0) { return ""; } else if (Character.isUpperCase(string.charAt(0))) { return string; } else { char[] chars = string.toCharArray(); chars[0] = Character.toUpperCase(chars[0]); return new String(chars); } } }