capitalize() String Method in Python with Examples

capitalize() returns a capitalized version of the string.

More specifically, make the first character have upper case and the rest lower case.

Example: capitalize() String Method


message = 'welcome to python 123!'
print('Original string: %s' %(message))
print('After capitalization: %s' %(message.capitalize()))

# OR
print('After capitalization: %s' %(str.capitalize(message)))

Output

Original string: welcome to python 123!
After capitalization: Welcome to python 123!


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