set first letter to uppercase javascript code example

Example 1: javascript capitalize words

//capitalize only the first letter of the string. 
function capitalizeFirstLetter(string) {
    return string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.slice(1);
}
//capitalize all words of a string. 
function capitalizeWords(string) {
    return string.replace(/(?:^|\s)\S/g, function(a) { return a.toUpperCase(); });
};

Example 2: javascript capitalize first letter

const lower = 'this is an entirely lowercase string';
const upper = lower.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + lower.substring(1);

Example 3: javascript uppercase first character of each word

const uppercaseWords = str => str.replace(/^(.)|\s+(.)/g, c => c.toUpperCase());

// Example
uppercaseWords('hello world');      // 'Hello World'

Example 4: capitalize first carater js

String.prototype.capitalize = function() {
  return this.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + this.slice(1)
}