{"id":1870,"date":"2020-12-27T02:18:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T02:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pythontutorial.net\/?page_id=1870"},"modified":"2020-12-28T01:12:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T01:12:57","slug":"python-capitalize","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pythontutorial.net\/python-string-methods\/python-capitalize\/","title":{"rendered":"Python String capitalize()"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the Python string capitalize()<\/code> method to return a copy of a string with its first character capitalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to the Python capitalize() method #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The capitalize()<\/code> is a built-in string method with the following syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n

str<\/span>.capitalize<\/span>()<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> CSS<\/span> (<\/span>css<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
The capitalize()<\/code> makes the first character of a string uppercase<\/a>, which works fine for ASCII. However, it won’t work for some non-English letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, the letter NJ<\/code> in Croatian appears as Nj<\/code> at the start of words when the first character is uppercased:<\/p>\n\n\n
\u01cbema\u010dka <\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
However, the capitalize()<\/code> method returns the \u01caema\u010dka<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n
print<\/span>('\u01cbema\u010dka'<\/span>.capitalize())<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> PHP<\/span> (<\/span>php<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Note that to capitalize the first letter of every word in a string, you use the string title()<\/code> method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Python capitalize() method example #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The following example shows how to use the capitalize()<\/code> method to return a copy of a string with the first character converted to titlecase:<\/p>\n\n\n
s = 'now is better than never.'<\/span>\nnew_s = s.capitalize()\nprint<\/span>(new_s)<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> PHP<\/span> (<\/span>php<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Output:<\/p>\n\n\n
Now is better than never.<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
Summary #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  • Use the Python string capitalize()<\/code> method to return a copy of a string with the first character converted to titlecase and the other characters converted to lowercase.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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To fix this issue, starting from Python 3.8, the capitalize()<\/code> method puts the first character of the string into titlecase<\/a> rather than uppercase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The capitalize()<\/code> method takes no argument and returns a copy of the str<\/code> with its first character capitalized and the other characters lowercased<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n