.. _functx_capitalize-first:

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functx:capitalize-first
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Capitalizes the first character of a string

Description
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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.

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   * - **Parameters**
     - **Description**
   * - arg:string()
     - the word or phrase to capitalize

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - functx:capitalize-first('hello')
     - Hello
   * - functx:capitalize-first('hello world')
     - Hello world
   * - functx:capitalize-first('Hello world')
     - Hello world

See Also
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* :ref:`upper-case`.