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ucwords in JavaScript - Equivalent to PHP's ucwords() Returns a string with the first letter in upper case of each word.
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String.prototype.ucwords = function() { | |
str = this.toLowerCase(); | |
return str.replace(/(^([a-zA-Z\p{M}]))|([ -][a-zA-Z\p{M}])/g, | |
function(s){ | |
return s.toUpperCase(); | |
}); | |
}; |
I use
str.toLowerCase().replace(/(?<= )[^\s]|^./g, a=>a.toUpperCase())
Thanks, this worked.
I use
str.toLowerCase().replace(/(?<= )[^\s]|^./g, a=>a.toUpperCase())
Thanks, this worked.
Careful though, that last one doesn't work in Safari. For some reason, it doesn't support lookbehind regex.
So I am now using (' '+str).replace(/ [\w]/g, a => a.toLocaleUpperCase()).trim();
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I use
str.toLowerCase().replace(/(?<= )[^\s]|^./g, a=>a.toUpperCase())