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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

XSLT Function Declaration

<xsl:function name="functx:capitalize-first" as="xs:string?"
              xmlns:functx="http://www.functx.com">
  <xsl:param name="arg" as="xs:string?"/>

  <xsl:sequence select="
   concat(upper-case(substring($arg,1,1)),
             substring($arg,2))
 "/>

</xsl:function>

Examples

functx:capitalize-first('hello')

Hello

functx:capitalize-first('hello world')

Hello world

functx:capitalize-first('Hello world')

Hello world

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