Here you can find the source of capitalize(String word)
public static String capitalize(String word)
//package com.java2s; /**//from ww w .ja v a 2 s. c o m * Copyright ? 2007 Chu Yeow Cheah * <p/> * 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 * <p/> * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * <p/> * 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. * <p/> * Copied verbatim from http://dzone.com/snippets/java-inflections, used * and licensed with express permission from the author Chu Yeow Cheah. */ public class Main { public static String capitalize(String word) { String[] words = word.split(" "); StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder(); for (String w : words) { res.append(capitalizeSingle(w)); } return res.toString(); } public static String capitalizeSingle(String word) { return word.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + word.substring(1); } }