In Python, the capitalize() method capitalizes a string i.e. upper case the very first letter in the given string and lowercases all other characters, if any.
Except changing the case (upper/lower), capitalize() does not modify the content of the original string.
1. capitalize() Syntax
The syntax of capitalize() is pretty simple.
string.capitalize()
2. capitalize() Example
Lets see few examples to understand the usage of capitalize() in Python.
Example 1: Capitalizing when first character is alphabet
string = "god is Great"
capitalizedString = string.capitalize()
print('Old String: ', string)
print('Capitalized String:', capitalizedString)
Program output.
Old String: god is Great Capitalized String: God is great
Example 2: Capitalizing when first character is non-alphabet
Notice how the capital ‘N’ has been converted to small ‘n’. It concludes that even if first character is non-alphabet, capitalize() method still checks the whole string and make them lowercase.
string = "0 is most powerful Number"
capitalizedString = string.capitalize()
print('Old String: ', string)
print('Capitalized String:', capitalizedString)
Program output.
Old String: 0 is most powerful Number Capitalized String: 0 is most powerful number
Happy Learning !!
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