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Naveen
Naveen

Reputation: 73503

Converting string to title case

I have a string which contains words in a mixture of upper and lower case characters.

For example: string myData = "a Simple string";

I need to convert the first character of each word (separated by spaces) into upper case. So I want the result as: string myData ="A Simple String";

Is there any easy way to do this? I don't want to split the string and do the conversion (that will be my last resort). Also, it is guaranteed that the strings are in English.

Upvotes: 364

Views: 344965

Answers (24)

Vinod Srivastav
Vinod Srivastav

Reputation: 4263

I wonder why this is not in the answer list: Here is the one liner

string input = "this string will be converted into title case";
    var titleCase = string.Join(" ", input.Split(' ').Select(i => $"{i.Remove(1).ToUpper()}{i.Substring(1).ToLower()}"));
    titleCase.Dump();
Console.WriteLine(titleCase);

this is without any dependency even without using System.Globalization.

Note: If you change the Remove(1) & Substring(1) character from 1 to 2 it will make first two character capital and so on

How it works ?

  1. The input.Remove(1) extracts the first character which is t in the example above and converts it in upper case using ToUpper() which makes T
  2. input.Substring(1) removes the first character from the input in example
  3. The result from 1 & 2 are concerted with $"{} {}" to form the result

How to use

This can be crafted as Func as

Func<string,string> TitleCase = (ins) =>{ 
        return string.Join(" ", ins.Split(' ').Select(i => $"{i.Remove(1).ToUpper()}{i.Substring(1).ToLower()}")); 
    };

Console.WriteLine(TitleCase(input));

Or as an Extension function

public static class StringExt
{
    public static string ToTitleCase(this string input)
    {
        return string.Join(" ", input.Split(' ').Select(i => $"{i.Remove(1).ToUpper()}{i.Substring(1).ToLower()}"));
    }
}

Console.WriteLine(input.ToTitleCase());

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Upvotes: 2

Kobi
Kobi

Reputation: 138147

MSDN : TextInfo.ToTitleCase

Make sure that you include: using System.Globalization

string title = "war and peace";

TextInfo textInfo = new CultureInfo("en-US", false).TextInfo;

title = textInfo.ToTitleCase(title); 
Console.WriteLine(title) ; //War And Peace

//When text is ALL UPPERCASE...
title = "WAR AND PEACE" ;

title = textInfo.ToTitleCase(title); 
Console.WriteLine(title) ; //WAR AND PEACE

//You need to call ToLower to make it work
title = textInfo.ToTitleCase(title.ToLower()); 
Console.WriteLine(title) ; //War And Peace

Upvotes: 660

Jeson Martajaya
Jeson Martajaya

Reputation: 7352

Here is an implementation, character by character. It should work with "(One Two Three)":

public static string ToInitcap(this string str)
{
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(str))
        return str;
    char[] charArray = new char[str.Length];
    bool newWord = true;
    for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; ++i)
    {
        Char currentChar = str[i];
        if (Char.IsLetter(currentChar))
        {
            if (newWord)
            {
                newWord = false;
                currentChar = Char.ToUpper(currentChar);
            }
            else
            {
                currentChar = Char.ToLower(currentChar);
            }
        }
        else if (Char.IsWhiteSpace(currentChar))
        {
            newWord = true;
        }
        charArray[i] = currentChar;
    }
    return new string(charArray);
}

Upvotes: 1

Rakesh Dhiman
Rakesh Dhiman

Reputation: 49

I used the above references and a complete solution is:

Use Namespace System.Globalization;
string str = "INFOA2Z means all information";

// Need result like "Infoa2z Means All Information"
// We need to convert the string in lowercase also, otherwise it is not working properly. 

TextInfo ProperCase = new CultureInfo("en-US", false).TextInfo;

str = ProperCase.ToTitleCase(str.toLower());

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Upvotes: 3

Daveythewavey19
Daveythewavey19

Reputation: 13

A way to do it in C:

char proper(char string[])
{
    int i = 0;

    for(i=0; i<=25; i++)
    {
        string[i] = tolower(string[i]);  // Converts all characters to lower case
        if(string[i-1] == ' ') // If the character before is a space
        {
            string[i] = toupper(string[i]); // Converts characters after spaces to upper case
        }
    }

    string[0] = toupper(string[0]); // Converts the first character to upper case
    return 0;
}

Upvotes: -1

DDan
DDan

Reputation: 8286

Use ToLower() first, and then CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase on the result to get the correct output.

    //---------------------------------------------------------------
    // Get title case of a string (every word with leading upper case,
    //                             the rest is lower case)
    //    i.e: ABCD EFG -> Abcd Efg,
    //         john doe -> John Doe,
    //         miXEd CaSING - > Mixed Casing
    //---------------------------------------------------------------
    public static string ToTitleCase(string str)
    {
        return CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(str.ToLower());
    }

Upvotes: 19

Andre Gotlieb
Andre Gotlieb

Reputation: 37

For the ones who are looking to do it automatically on keypress, I did it with following code in VB.NET on a custom textboxcontrol - you can obviously also do it with a normal textbox - but I like the possibility to add recurring code for specific controls via custom controls it suits the concept of OOP.

Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.ComponentModel

Public Class MyTextBox
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
    Private LastKeyIsNotAlpha As Boolean = True
    Protected Overrides Sub OnKeyPress(e As KeyPressEventArgs)
        If _ProperCasing Then
            Dim c As Char = e.KeyChar
            If Char.IsLetter(c) Then
                If LastKeyIsNotAlpha Then
                    e.KeyChar = Char.ToUpper(c)
                    LastKeyIsNotAlpha = False
                End If
            Else
                LastKeyIsNotAlpha = True
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.OnKeyPress(e)
End Sub
    Private _ProperCasing As Boolean = False
    <Category("Behavior"), Description("When Enabled ensures for automatic proper casing of string"), Browsable(True)>
    Public Property ProperCasing As Boolean
        Get
            Return _ProperCasing
        End Get
        Set(value As Boolean)
            _ProperCasing = value
        End Set
    End Property
End Class

Upvotes: 0

Igor
Igor

Reputation: 550

It works fine even with camel case: 'someText in YourPage'

public static class StringExtensions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Title case example: 'Some Text In Your Page'.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="text">Support camel and title cases combinations: 'someText in YourPage'</param>
    public static string ToTitleCase(this string text)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
        {
            return text;
        }
        var result = string.Empty;
        var splitedBySpace = text.Split(new[]{ ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
        foreach (var sequence in splitedBySpace)
        {
            // let's check the letters. Sequence can contain even 2 words in camel case
            for (var i = 0; i < sequence.Length; i++)
            {
                var letter = sequence[i].ToString();
                // if the letter is Big or it was spaced so this is a start of another word
                if (letter == letter.ToUpper() || i == 0)
                {
                    // add a space between words
                    result += ' ';
                }
                result += i == 0 ? letter.ToUpper() : letter;
            }
        }
        return result.Trim();
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Slai
Slai

Reputation: 22896

Alternative with reference to Microsoft.VisualBasic (handles uppercase strings too):

string properCase = Strings.StrConv(str, VbStrConv.ProperCase);

Upvotes: 2

Ashraf Sada
Ashraf Sada

Reputation: 4905

You can directly change text or string to proper using this simple method, after checking for null or empty string values in order to eliminate errors:

// Text to proper (Title Case):
    public string TextToProper(string text)
    {
        string ProperText = string.Empty;
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
        {
            ProperText = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(text);
        }
        else
        {
            ProperText = string.Empty;
        }
        return ProperText;
    }

Upvotes: 1

mekb
mekb

Reputation: 594

Without using TextInfo:

public static string TitleCase(this string text, char seperator = ' ') =>
  string.Join(seperator, text.Split(seperator).Select(word => new string(
    word.Select((letter, i) => i == 0 ? char.ToUpper(letter) : char.ToLower(letter)).ToArray())));

It loops through every letter in each word, converting it to uppercase if it's the first letter otherwise converting it to lowercase.

Upvotes: 1

Ricky Spanish
Ricky Spanish

Reputation: 705

As an extension method:

/// <summary>
//     Returns a copy of this string converted to `Title Case`.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The string to convert.</param>
/// <returns>The `Title Case` equivalent of the current string.</returns>
public static string ToTitleCase(this string value)
{
    string result = string.Empty;

    for (int i = 0; i < value.Length; i++)
    {
        char p = i == 0 ? char.MinValue : value[i - 1];
        char c = value[i];

        result += char.IsLetter(c) && ((p is ' ') || p is char.MinValue) ? $"{char.ToUpper(c)}" : $"{char.ToLower(c)}";
    }

    return result;
}

Usage:

"kebab is DELICIOU's   ;d  c...".ToTitleCase();

Result:

Kebab Is Deliciou's ;d C...

Upvotes: 0

varun sharma
varun sharma

Reputation: 11

String TitleCaseString(String s)
{
    if (s == null || s.Length == 0) return s;

    string[] splits = s.Split(' ');

    for (int i = 0; i < splits.Length; i++)
    {
        switch (splits[i].Length)
        {
            case 1:
                break;

            default:
                splits[i] = Char.ToUpper(splits[i][0]) + splits[i].Substring(1);
                break;
        }
    }

    return String.Join(" ", splits);
}

Upvotes: 1

Binod
Binod

Reputation: 457

Recently I found a better solution.

If your text contains every letter in uppercase, then TextInfo will not convert it to the proper case. We can fix that by using the lowercase function inside like this:

public static string ConvertTo_ProperCase(string text)
{
    TextInfo myTI = new CultureInfo("en-US", false).TextInfo;
    return myTI.ToTitleCase(text.ToLower());
}

Now this will convert everything that comes in to Propercase.

Upvotes: 25

Todd Menier
Todd Menier

Reputation: 39379

Yet another variation. Based on several tips here I've reduced it to this extension method, which works great for my purposes:

public static string ToTitleCase(this string s) =>
    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(s.ToLower());

Upvotes: 92

Rajesh
Rajesh

Reputation: 181

public static string PropCase(string strText)
{
    return new CultureInfo("en").TextInfo.ToTitleCase(strText.ToLower());
}

Upvotes: 18

Dasith Wijes
Dasith Wijes

Reputation: 1358

This is what I use and it works for most cases unless the user decides to override it by pressing shift or caps lock. Like on Android and iOS keyboards.

Private Class ProperCaseHandler
    Private Const wordbreak As String = " ,.1234567890;/\-()#$%^&*€!~+=@"
    Private txtProperCase As TextBox

    Sub New(txt As TextBox)
        txtProperCase = txt
        AddHandler txt.KeyPress, AddressOf txtTextKeyDownProperCase
    End Sub

    Private Sub txtTextKeyDownProperCase(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs)
        Try
            If Control.IsKeyLocked(Keys.CapsLock) Or Control.ModifierKeys = Keys.Shift Then
                Exit Sub
            Else
                If txtProperCase.TextLength = 0 Then
                    e.KeyChar = e.KeyChar.ToString.ToUpper()
                    e.Handled = False
                Else
                    Dim lastChar As String = txtProperCase.Text.Substring(txtProperCase.SelectionStart - 1, 1)

                    If wordbreak.Contains(lastChar) = True Then
                        e.KeyChar = e.KeyChar.ToString.ToUpper()
                        e.Handled = False
                    End If
                End If

            End If

        Catch ex As Exception
            Exit Sub
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Upvotes: 0

Sunil Acharya
Sunil Acharya

Reputation: 1183

Its better to understand by trying your own code...

Read more

http://www.stupidcodes.com/2014/04/convert-string-to-uppercase-proper-case.html

1) Convert a String to Uppercase

string lower = "converted from lowercase";
Console.WriteLine(lower.ToUpper());

2) Convert a String to Lowercase

string upper = "CONVERTED FROM UPPERCASE";
Console.WriteLine(upper.ToLower());

3) Convert a String to TitleCase

    CultureInfo cultureInfo = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
    TextInfo textInfo = cultureInfo.TextInfo;
    string txt = textInfo.ToTitleCase(TextBox1.Text());

Upvotes: 2

Adam Diament
Adam Diament

Reputation: 4880

I needed a way to deal with all caps words, and I liked Ricky AH's solution, but I took it a step further to implement it as an extension method. This avoids the step of having to create your array of chars then call ToArray on it explicitly every time - so you can just call it on the string, like so:

usage:

string newString = oldString.ToProper();

code:

public static class StringExtensions
{
    public static string ToProper(this string s)
    {
        return new string(s.CharsToTitleCase().ToArray());
    }

    public static IEnumerable<char> CharsToTitleCase(this string s)
    {
        bool newWord = true;
        foreach (char c in s)
        {
            if (newWord) { yield return Char.ToUpper(c); newWord = false; }
            else yield return Char.ToLower(c);
            if (c == ' ') newWord = true;
        }
    }

}

Upvotes: 4

Mibou
Mibou

Reputation: 976

If someone is interested for the solution for Compact Framework :

return String.Join(" ", thestring.Split(' ').Select(i => i.Substring(0, 1).ToUpper() + i.Substring(1).ToLower()).ToArray());

Upvotes: 7

Winston Smith
Winston Smith

Reputation: 21932

Try this:

string myText = "a Simple string";

string asTitleCase =
    System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.
    ToTitleCase(myText.ToLower());

As has already been pointed out, using TextInfo.ToTitleCase might not give you the exact results you want. If you need more control over the output, you could do something like this:

IEnumerable<char> CharsToTitleCase(string s)
{
    bool newWord = true;
    foreach(char c in s)
    {
        if(newWord) { yield return Char.ToUpper(c); newWord = false; }
        else yield return Char.ToLower(c);
        if(c==' ') newWord = true;
    }
}

And then use it like so:

var asTitleCase = new string( CharsToTitleCase(myText).ToArray() );

Upvotes: 151

Luis Quijada
Luis Quijada

Reputation: 2405

Personally I tried the TextInfo.ToTitleCase method, but, I don´t understand why it doesn´t work when all chars are upper-cased.

Though I like the util function provided by Winston Smith, let me provide the function I'm currently using:

public static String TitleCaseString(String s)
{
    if (s == null) return s;

    String[] words = s.Split(' ');
    for (int i = 0; i < words.Length; i++)
    {
        if (words[i].Length == 0) continue;

        Char firstChar = Char.ToUpper(words[i][0]); 
        String rest = "";
        if (words[i].Length > 1)
        {
            rest = words[i].Substring(1).ToLower();
        }
        words[i] = firstChar + rest;
    }
    return String.Join(" ", words);
}

Playing with some tests strings:

String ts1 = "Converting string to title case in C#";
String ts2 = "C";
String ts3 = "";
String ts4 = "   ";
String ts5 = null;

Console.Out.WriteLine(String.Format("|{0}|", TitleCaseString(ts1)));
Console.Out.WriteLine(String.Format("|{0}|", TitleCaseString(ts2)));
Console.Out.WriteLine(String.Format("|{0}|", TitleCaseString(ts3)));
Console.Out.WriteLine(String.Format("|{0}|", TitleCaseString(ts4)));
Console.Out.WriteLine(String.Format("|{0}|", TitleCaseString(ts5)));

Giving output:

|Converting String To Title Case In C#|
|C|
||
|   |
||

Upvotes: 28

krishna
krishna

Reputation: 1

Try this:

using System.Globalization;
using System.Threading;
public void ToTitleCase(TextBox TextBoxName)
        {
            int TextLength = TextBoxName.Text.Length;
            if (TextLength == 1)
            {
                CultureInfo cultureInfo = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
                TextInfo textInfo = cultureInfo.TextInfo;
                TextBoxName.Text = textInfo.ToTitleCase(TextBoxName.Text);
                TextBoxName.SelectionStart = 1;
            }
            else if (TextLength > 1 && TextBoxName.SelectionStart < TextLength)
            {
                int x = TextBoxName.SelectionStart;
                CultureInfo cultureInfo = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
                TextInfo textInfo = cultureInfo.TextInfo;
                TextBoxName.Text = textInfo.ToTitleCase(TextBoxName.Text);
                TextBoxName.SelectionStart = x;
            }
            else if (TextLength > 1 && TextBoxName.SelectionStart >= TextLength)
            {
                CultureInfo cultureInfo = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
                TextInfo textInfo = cultureInfo.TextInfo;
                TextBoxName.Text = textInfo.ToTitleCase(TextBoxName.Text);
                TextBoxName.SelectionStart = TextLength;
            }
        }


Call this method in the TextChanged event of the TextBox.

Upvotes: 0

Jade
Jade

Reputation: 61

Here's the solution for that problem...

CultureInfo cultureInfo = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
TextInfo textInfo = cultureInfo.TextInfo;
string txt = textInfo.ToTitleCase(txt);

Upvotes: 6

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