Capitalize the First Character of Each Word in a String in Java

public class FisrtLetter {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String name = "codeofcode";

        // first substring contains first letter
        // second substring contains remaining
        String firstLetter = name.substring(0, 1);
        String remainingLetters = name.substring(1, name.length());
        firstLetter = firstLetter.toUpperCase();

        // joining the substrings back
        name = firstLetter + remainingLetters;
        System.out.println("Name: " + name);

    }
}

Name: Codeofcode

• In this program, firstly a string type variable name has been initialized.
• The first letter of this variable’s value is retrieved through substring() method and stored in a string variable named firstLetter.
• The rest of the characters of name variable are retrieved through the substring() method and stored in remainingLetters variable.
• toUpperCase() method is applied to the firstLetter variable which transforms the character into an uppercase letter. The result is stored in the firstLetter variable.
• firstLetter variable and remainingLetters variables are appended together and stored in a variable called name.
• This variable name is then printed onto the screen.

public class FirstLetter {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String message = "everyone loves codeOfCode";
        char[] charArray = message.toCharArray();
        boolean foundSpace = true;
        for(int i = 0; i < charArray.length; i++) {
            if(Character.isLetter(charArray[i])) {

                // check for space before letter
                if(foundSpace) {
                    charArray[i] = Character.toUpperCase(charArray[i]);
                    foundSpace = false;
                }
            }
            else {
                foundSpace = true;
            }
        }

        // convert the char array to the string
        message = String.valueOf(charArray);
        System.out.println("Message: " + message);
    }
}

Message: Everyone Loves CodeOfCode 

• In this program, a variable of string type named message is initialized. It contains spaces after certain sequence of characters.
• message variable is converted into a character array using the method toCharArray().
• Initially the Boolean variable foundSpace is set to true since the character at the beginning has to be capitalized.
• A for loop executes till it reaches the end of the character array.
• Inside the loop, a condition checks to see if the character in the array is a letter. If so, it further checks the state of the foundSpace.
• If foundSpace is true then it means the current letter would be capitalized and then foundSpace is set to false.
• Incase the character isn’t a letter, foundSpace is set to true.
• When the loop breaks, the character array is converted into a string and is then displayed on the screen.