Java String Capitalize capitalizeFirst(CharSequence str)

Description

Capitalizes the first character (if existent) in the given character sequence, and returns the result.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
str	the character sequence

Return

a capitalized version of the specified character sequence

Declaration

public static String capitalizeFirst(CharSequence str) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w w w .  jav a 2 s  .  com*/
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2014 by Malte Isberner (https://github.com/misberner).
 *
 * 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 {
    /**
     * Capitalizes the first character (if existent) in the given character sequence,
     * and returns the result.
     * @param str the character sequence
     * @return a capitalized version of the specified character sequence
     */
    public static String capitalizeFirst(CharSequence str) {
        if (str.length() == 0) {
            return "";
        }
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(str.length());
        sb.append(str.charAt(0));
        sb.append(str.subSequence(1, str.length()));
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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1. capitalized(String str)
2. capitalizeD(String str, char[] delimiters)
3. capitalizedArray(String[] sstr)
4. capitalizedCase(CharSequence source, char... delimiters)
5. capitalizedName(final String property)
6. capitalizeFormat(String string)
7. capitalizeFront(String str)
8. capitalizeHeadingCharacter(final String value)
9. capitalizeInitial(String str)