Looking for easy way in java to uppper case only the first letter of a string

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Looking for easy way in java to change only the first letter to upper case of a string.

For example, I have a String DRIVER, how can I make it Driver with java

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1892765/capitalize-first-char-of-each-word-in-a-string-java — gefei, Mar 13 '13 at 11:28
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6329611/sentence-case-conversion-with-java — Fr_nkenstien, Mar 13 '13 at 11:29
If you have Apache `commons-lang` as a dependency already then [`WordUtils`](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/apidocs/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/WordUtils.html) can do this. — andyb, Mar 13 '13 at 11:30

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 13 '13 at 11:27

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You could try this:

String d = "DRIVER";
d = d.substring(0,1) + d.substring(1).toLowerCase();

Edit:

see also StringUtils.capitalize(), like so:

d = StringUtils.capitalize(d.toLowerCase());

answered Mar 13 '13 at 11:27

vikingsteve

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Actually `d.substring(0,1).toUpperCase() + d.substring(1).toLowerCase()`, but the trick is clear. – Javier Mar 13 '13 at 11:29

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 13 '13 at 11:29

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WordUtils.capitalize(string);

http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/apidocs/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/WordUtils.html

answered Mar 13 '13 at 11:29

Zach Latta

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 13 '13 at 11:29

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String str = "DRIVER";
String strFirst = str.substring(0,1);
str = strFirst + str.substring(1).toLowerCase();

answered Mar 13 '13 at 11:29

Nikolay Kuznetsov

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 13 '13 at 11:35

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public static void main(String[] args) {
    String txt = "DRIVER";
    txt = txt.substring(0,1).toUpperCase() + txt.substring(1).toLowerCase();            
    System.out.print(txt);
}

answered Mar 13 '13 at 11:35

cwhsu

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 13 '13 at 11:37

I would use CapitalizeFully()

String s = "DRIVER";
WordUtils.capitalizeFully(s);

s would hold "Driver"

capitalize() only changes the first character to a capital, it doesn't touch the others.

I understand CapitalizeFully() changes the first char to a capitol and the other to a lower case.

https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/apidocs/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/WordUtils.html#capitalizeFully(java.lang.String)

By the way there are lots of other great functions in the Apache Commons Lang Library.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 13 '13 at 11:37

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I am using Springs so I can do:

String d = "DRIVER";
d = StringUtils.capitalize(d.toLowerCase());

answered Mar 13 '13 at 11:37

SJS

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so why do you ask then? – Nikolay Kuznetsov Mar 13 '13 at 11:38
i did not know the anwser until I found it – SJS Mar 13 '13 at 12:29
Rather than post your own answer which just duplicates one of the existing answers, you should accept one of them. – ChrisF Mar 13 '13 at 16:01

Looking for easy way in java to uppper case only the first letter of a string

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