Java String Capitalize capitalize(String word)

Description

Capitalize the first word of the passed String.

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String capitalize(String word) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*w  w  w .j a va  2s. c o  m*/
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Capitalize the first word of the passed String.
     * (write the first character in uppercase, the rest in lower case)
     * This does not loop through the entire string to capitalize every word.
     */
    public static String capitalize(String word) {
        if (word == null)
            return null;
        if (word.length() == 0)
            return word;
        StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder(word.toLowerCase());
        char c = s.charAt(0);
        s.setCharAt(0, Character.toUpperCase(c));
        return s.toString();
    }

    public static String[] toUpperCase(String[] source) {
        if (source == null)
            return source;
        String[] result = new String[source.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < source.length; i++) {
            result[i] = source[i] == null ? null : source[i].toUpperCase();
        }
        return result;
    }
}

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