How to capitalize the first character of each word in a string

Question

Is there a function built into Java that capitalizes the first character of each word in a String, and does not affect the others?

Examples:

• jon

Answer 1

Reusable method for intiCap:

    public class YarlagaddaSireeshTest{

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String FinalStringIs = "";
        String testNames = "sireesh yarlagadda test";
        String[] name = testNames.split("\\s");

        for(String nameIs :name){
            FinalStringIs += getIntiCapString(nameIs) + ",";
        }
        System.out.println("Final Result "+ FinalStringIs);
    }

    public static String getIntiCapString(String param) {
        if(param != null && param.length()>0){          
            char[] charArray = param.toCharArray(); 
            charArray[0] = Character.toUpperCase(charArray[0]); 
            return new String(charArray); 
        }
        else {
            return "";
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

String toBeCapped = "i want this sentence capitalized";

String[] tokens = toBeCapped.split("\\s");
toBeCapped = "";

for(int i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++){
    char capLetter = Character.toUpperCase(tokens[i].charAt(0));
    toBeCapped +=  " " + capLetter + tokens[i].substring(1);
}
toBeCapped = toBeCapped.trim();

Answer 3

For those of you using Velocity in your MVC, you can use the capitalizeFirstLetter() method from the StringUtils class.

Answer 4

If you're only worried about the first letter of the first word being capitalized:

private String capitalize(final String line) {
   return Character.toUpperCase(line.charAt(0)) + line.substring(1);
}

Answer 5

I made a solution in Java 8 that is IMHO more readable.

public String firstLetterCapitalWithSingleSpace(final String words) {
    return Stream.of(words.trim().split("\\s"))
    .filter(word -> word.length() > 0)
    .map(word -> word.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + word.substring(1))
    .collect(Collectors.joining(" "));
}

The Gist for this solution can be found here: https://gist.github.com/Hylke1982/166a792313c5e2df9d31

Answer 6

BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));   

System.out.println("Enter the sentence : ");

try
{
    String str = br.readLine();
    char[] str1 = new char[str.length()];

    for(int i=0; i<str.length(); i++)
    {
        str1[i] = Character.toLowerCase(str.charAt(i));
    }

    str1[0] = Character.toUpperCase(str1[0]);
    for(int i=0;i<str.length();i++)
    {
        if(str1[i] == ' ')
        {                   
            str1[i+1] =  Character.toUpperCase(str1[i+1]);
        }
        System.out.print(str1[i]);
    }
}
catch(Exception e)
{
    System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}