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TIL this one-line script to capitalize the first letter of a word

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TAGS: javascript

A short one-line script:

Vanilla Javascript:

const capitalize = (str) => str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1)

Lodash

const _ = require('lodash');

_.capitalize('dog'); // 'Dog'

If it's frontend -- It's always preferrable and more performant to use CSS.

.capitalize {
  text-transform: capitalize;
}

REFERENCE:
https://javascript.plainenglish.io/15-helpful-javascript-one-liners-946e1d1a1653
and
https://masteringjs.io/tutorials/fundamentals/capitalize

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