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capitalize

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capitalize() public

Returns a copy of str with the first character converted to uppercase and the remainder to lowercase.

   "hello".capitalize    #=> "Hello"
   "HELLO".capitalize    #=> "Hello"
   "123ABC".capitalize   #=> "123abc"

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     str.capitalize   => new_str
 *  
 *  Returns a copy of <i>str</i> with the first character converted to uppercase
 *  and the remainder to lowercase.
 *     
 *     "hello".capitalize    #=> "Hello"
 *     "HELLO".capitalize    #=> "Hello"
 *     "123ABC".capitalize   #=> "123abc"
 */

static VALUE
rb_str_capitalize(str)
    VALUE str;
{
    str = rb_str_dup(str);
    rb_str_capitalize_bang(str);
    return str;
}

capitalize

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