Android Utililty Methods String Capitalize

List of utility methods to do String Capitalize

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Method

Stringcapitalize(String s)
Capitalizes the first letter in the string s 
return Character.toUpperCase(s.charAt(0)) + s.substring(1);
Stringcapitalize(final String name)
capitalize 
if (isEmpty(name)) {
    return name;
char chars[] = name.toCharArray();
chars[0] = Character.toUpperCase(chars[0]);
return new String(chars);
Stringdecapitalize(final String name)
decapitalize 
if (isEmpty(name)) {
    return name;
char chars[] = name.toCharArray();
if (chars.length >= 2 && Character.isUpperCase(chars[0])
        && Character.isUpperCase(chars[1])) {
    return name;
chars[0] = Character.toLowerCase(chars[0]);
return new String(chars);
Stringcapitalize(String string)
capitalize 
if (string.length() > 1)
    return string.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase()
            + string.substring(1);
return "";
Stringdecapitalize(String string)
Decapitalize a String if it begins with a capital letter, e.g.: FooBar -> fooBar 
char c0 = string.charAt(0);
if (!Character.isUpperCase(c0)) {
    return string;
if (string.length() > 1 && Character.isUpperCase(string.charAt(1))) {
    return string;
char[] chars = string.toCharArray();
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StringcapitalizeFirstLetter(String str)
capitalize first letter 
 capitalizeFirstLetter(null)     =   null; capitalizeFirstLetter("")       =   ""; capitalizeFirstLetter("2ab")    =   "2ab" capitalizeFirstLetter("a")      =   "A" capitalizeFirstLetter("ab")     =   "Ab" capitalizeFirstLetter("Abc")    =   "Abc" 
if (isEmpty(str)) {
    return str;
char c = str.charAt(0);
return (!Character.isLetter(c) || Character.isUpperCase(c)) ? str
        : new StringBuilder(str.length())
                .append(Character.toUpperCase(c))
                .append(str.substring(1)).toString();
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Stringcapitalize(String line)
capitalize 
return Character.toUpperCase(line.charAt(0)) + line.substring(1);
Stringcapitalize(String s)
Capitalizes first character of the string 
if (s == null || s.length() == 0) {
    return "";
char first = s.charAt(0);
if (Character.isUpperCase(first)) {
    return s;
} else {
    return Character.toUpperCase(first) + s.substring(1);
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