Convert all first letter to upper case, rest lower for each word

Question

I have a string of text (about 5-6 words mostly) that I need to convert.

Currently the text looks like:

THIS IS MY TEXT RIGHT NOW

I

Answer 1

In addition to first answer, remember to change string selectionstart index to the end of the word or you will get reverse order of letters in the string.

s.SelectionStart=s.Length;

Answer 2

I don't know if the solution below is more or less efficient than jspcal's answer, but I'm pretty sure it requires less object creation than Jamie's and George's.

string s = "THIS IS MY TEXT RIGHT NOW";
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(s.Length);
bool capitalize = true;
foreach (char c in s) {
    sb.Append(capitalize ? Char.ToUpper(c) : Char.ToLower(c));
    capitalize = !Char.IsLetter(c);
}
return sb.ToString();

Answer 3

jspcal's answer as a string extension.

Program.cs

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var myText = "MYTEXT";
        Console.WriteLine(myText.ToTitleCase()); //Mytext
    }
}

StringExtensions.cs

using System;
public static class StringExtensions
{

    public static string ToTitleCase(this string str)
    {
        if (str == null)
            return null;

        return System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(str.ToLower());
    }
}

Answer 4

One of the possible solution you might be interested in. Traversing an array of chars from right to left and vise versa in one loop.

public static string WordsToCapitalLetter(string value)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
        {
            throw new ArgumentException("value");
        }

        int inputValueCharLength = value.Length;
        var valueAsCharArray = value.ToCharArray();

        int min = 0;
        int max = inputValueCharLength - 1;

        while (max > min)
        {
            char left = value[min];
            char previousLeft = (min == 0) ? left : value[min - 1];

            char right = value[max];
            char nextRight = (max == inputValueCharLength - 1) ? right : value[max - 1];

            if (char.IsLetter(left) && !char.IsUpper(left) && char.IsWhiteSpace(previousLeft))
            {
                valueAsCharArray[min] = char.ToUpper(left);
            }

            if (char.IsLetter(right) && !char.IsUpper(right) && char.IsWhiteSpace(nextRight))
            {
                valueAsCharArray[max] = char.ToUpper(right);
            }

            min++;
            max--;
        }

        return new string(valueAsCharArray);
    }

Answer 5

Try this technique; It returns the desired result

CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(str.ToLower());

And don't forget to use System.Globalization.

Answer 6

string s = "THIS IS MY TEXT RIGHT NOW";

s = System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(s.ToLower());