Java String Uncapitalize uncapitalize(String string0)

Description

Safely uncapitalizes a string by converting the first character to lower case.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string0	The string to uncapitalize

Return

A new string with the first character converted to lower case

Declaration

static public String uncapitalize(String string0) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// w ww  .  jav a 2 s. c o  m
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Safely uncapitalizes a string by converting the first character to lower
     * case. Handles null, empty, and strings of length of 1 or greater.  For
     * example, this will convert "Joe" to "joe".  If the string is null, this
     * will return null.  If the string is empty such as "", then it'll just
     * return an empty string such as "".
     * @param string0 The string to uncapitalize
     * @return A new string with the first character converted to lower case
     */
    static public String uncapitalize(String string0) {
        if (string0 == null) {
            return null;
        }
        int length = string0.length();
        // if empty string, just return it
        if (length == 0) {
            return string0;
        } else if (length == 1) {
            return string0.toLowerCase();
        } else {
            StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(length);
            buf.append(string0.substring(0, 1).toLowerCase());
            buf.append(string0.substring(1));
            return buf.toString();
        }
    }
}

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4. unCapitalize(String string)
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7. unCapitalizeClass(String className)
8. uncapitalized(String aString)
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