Java String Capitalize First capitalizeFirstLetter(final CharSequence chars)

Description

Capitalize the first letter of given CharSequence .

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
chars	chars to be processed

Return

char sequence with first letter capitalized

Declaration

static CharSequence capitalizeFirstLetter(final CharSequence chars) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

public class Main {
    /**/*from ww  w.j a v  a  2 s .  c  o  m*/
     * Capitalize the first letter of given {@link CharSequence}.
     * If the first letter is already capitalized, the char sequence is returned directly.
     *
     * @param chars chars to be processed
     * @return char sequence with first letter capitalized
     */
    static CharSequence capitalizeFirstLetter(final CharSequence chars) {
        final char first = chars.charAt(0);
        if (Character.isUpperCase(first)) {
            return chars;
        } else {
            CharSequence following = chars.subSequence(1, chars.length());
            return String.valueOf(Character.toUpperCase(first)) + following;
        }
    }
}

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