@stdlib/string-startcase

startcase

Capitalize the first letter of each word in a string.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/string-startcase

Usage

var startcase = require( '@stdlib/string-startcase' );

startcase( str )

Capitalizes the first letter of each word in a string.

var str = startcase( 'beep boop a foo bar' );
// returns 'Beep Boop A Foo Bar'

Examples

var startcase = require( '@stdlib/string-startcase' );

var str = startcase( 'beep boop foo bar' );
// returns 'Beep Boop Foo Bar'

str = startcase( 'Beep' );
// returns 'Beep'

str = startcase( 'BeEp' );
// returns 'BeEp'

str = startcase( '$**_beep_BoOp_**$' );
// returns '$**_beep_BoOp_**$'

str = startcase( '' );
// returns ''

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CLI

Installation

To use the module as a general utility, install the module globally

npm install -g @stdlib/string-startcase

Usage

Usage: startcase [options] [<string>]

Options:

  -h,    --help                Print this message.
  -V,    --version             Print the package version.

Examples

$ startcase 'beep boop foo bar'
Beep Boop Foo Bar

To use as a standard stream,

$ echo -n 'beep boop foo bar' | startcase
Beep Boop Foo Bar 

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See Also

• @stdlib/string/lowercase: convert a string to lowercase.
• @stdlib/string/uppercase: convert a string to uppercase.

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Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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License

See LICENSE.

Copyright

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