capitalize

string

Converts the first character of string to upper case and the remaining to lower case.

Installation

Import

import { capitalize } from '@tulx/utils';

Source Code

Implementation

/**
 * Converts the first character of string to upper case and the remaining to lower case.
 *
 * @param string - The string to capitalize.
 * @returns Returns the capitalized string.
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * capitalize('FRED'); // 'Fred'
 * ```
 */
export function capitalize(string: string): string {
  if (string.length === 0) {
    return string;
  }
  return string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.slice(1).toLowerCase();
}

Example

import { capitalize } from '@tulx/utils';

capitalize('FRED'); // 'Fred'

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