function ucwords (str) {
return (str + '').replace(/^([a-z])|\s+([a-z])/g, function ($1) {
return $1.toUpperCase();
});
}
(omitted function comment from source for brevity. please see linked source for details)
EDIT: Please note that this function uppercases the first letter of each word (as your question asks) and not just the first letter of a string (as your question title asks)
If you are dealing with word characters other than just a-z, then the following (more complicated) regular expression might better suit your purposes.
var str = "петр данилович björn über ñaque αλφα";
str = str.toLowerCase().replace(/^[\u00C0-\u1FFF\u2C00-\uD7FF\w]|\s[\u00C0-\u1FFF\u2C00-\uD7FF\w]/g, function(letter) {
return letter.toUpperCase();
});
alert(str); //Displays "Петр Данилович Björn Über Ñaque Αλφα"
I imagine you could use substring() and toUpperCase() to pull out the first character, uppercase it, and then replace the first character of your string with the result.
I think that should work for you. Another thing to consider is that if this data is being displayed, you can add a class to its container that has the CSS property "text-transform: capitalize".
function ucword(str){
str = str.toLowerCase().replace(/(^([a-zA-Z\p{M}]))|([ -][a-zA-Z\p{M}])/g, function(replace_latter) {
return replace_latter.toUpperCase();
}); //Can use also /\b[a-z]/g
return str; //First letter capital in each word
}
var uc = ucword("good morning. how are you?");
alert(uc);
var mystring = "hello World"
mystring = mystring.substring(0,1).toUpperCase() +
mystring.substring(1,mystring.length)
console.log(mystring) //gives you Hello World
Here is Unicode-safe ucwords() function, which additionally respects double-lastnames like Russian Засс-Ранцев and some noble names like Honoré de Balzac, d'Artagnan, Vincent van Gogh, Otto von Bismarck, Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd, etc.:
String.prototype.ucwords = function() {
return this.toLowerCase()
.replace(/(^|\s|\-)[^\s$]/g, function(m) {
return m.toUpperCase();
})
// French, Arabic and some noble names...
.replace(/\s(Of|De|Van|Von|Ibn|Из|Ван|Фон|Ибн)\s/g, function(m) { // Honoré de Balzac, Vincent van Gogh, Otto von Bismarck, Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd etc.
return m.toLowerCase();
})
.replace(/(^|\s)(D|Д)(['’][^\s$])/g, function(m, p1, p2, p3) { // D'Artagnan or d'Artagnan / Д’Артаньян или д’Артаньян
return p1 + (p1 === "" ? p2/*.toUpperCase()*/ : p2.toLowerCase()) + p3.toUpperCase();
});
}
One thing that I think people forget is that strings are arrays of characters. So, the first letter of any string will be the 'zeroth' element of its array:
let word = 'interesting';
console.log(word[0]);
// 'i'
The simplest way to take advantage of this fact for the purpose of uppercasing the first letter (afaik) would be:
let word = 'interesting';
let titleCase = word[0].toUpperCase() + word.substr(1);
console.log(titleCase);
// 'Interesting'
...or as a function:
function toTitleCase(word) {
return word[0].toUpperCase() + word.substr(1);
}
I think, the method should not convert any other letters than just the very first or the very first of any letter.
My solution for that are the following regexes:
function capitalize( str ){
return str.replace(/^\w/, (s) => s.toUpperCase() );
}
function capitalizeAll( str ){
return str.replace(/(\b\w)/g, (s) => s.toUpperCase() );
}
let test = 'hello world';
capitalize( test ); // Hello world
capitalizeAll( test ); // Hello World