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functx:capitalize-first

Capitalizes the first character of a string

Description

The functx:capitalize-first function capitalizes the first character of $arg. If the first character is not a lowercase letter, $arg is left unchanged. It capitalizes only the first character of the entire string, not the first letter of every word.

Arguments and Return Type

XQuery Function Declaration

declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com";
declare function functx:capitalize-first
  ( $arg as xs:string? )  as xs:string? {

   concat(upper-case(substring($arg,1,1)),
             substring($arg,2))
 } ;

Examples

functx:capitalize-first('hello')

Hello

functx:capitalize-first('hello world')

Hello world

functx:capitalize-first('Hello world')

Hello world

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