Sometimes, we want to capitalize first letter of each word in JavaScript.
In this article, we’ll look at how to capitalize first letter of each word in JavaScript.
How to capitalize first letter of each word in JavaScript?
To capitalize first letter of each word in JavaScript, we can use the string’s replace
method.
For instance, we write:
const str = 'foo bar baz'
const newStr = str.toLowerCase().replace(/^\w|\s\w/g, (letter) => {
return letter.toUpperCase();
})
console.log(newStr)
We call replace
with a regex to match the first letter of each word and a callback that replace those letters with an upper case letter.
Therefore, newStr
is 'Foo Bar Baz'
.
Conclusion
To capitalize first letter of each word in JavaScript, we can use the string’s replace
method.