TextInfo.ToTitleCase Method (String)
Converts the specified string to title case (except for words that are entirely in uppercase, which are considered to be acronyms).
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- str
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Type:
System.String
The string to convert to title case.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | str is null. |
Generally, title casing converts the first character of a word to uppercase and the rest of the characters to lowercase. However, this method does not currently provide proper casing to convert a word that is entirely uppercase, such as an acronym. The following table shows the way the method renders several strings.
Input | Language | Expected result | Actual result |
|---|---|---|---|
war and peace | English | War and Peace | War And Peace |
Per anhalter durch die Galaxis | German | Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis | Per Anhalter Durch Die Galaxis |
les naufragés d'ythaq | French | Les Naufragés d'Ythaq | Les Naufragés D'ythaq |
As illustrated above, the ToTitleCase method provides an arbitrary casing behavior which is not necessarily linguistically correct. A linguistically correct solution would require additional rules, and the current algorithm is somewhat simpler and faster. We reserve the right to make this API slower in the future.
The current implementation of the ToTitleCase method yields an output string that is the same length as the input string. However, this behavior is not guaranteed and could change in a future implementation.
The following example changes the casing of a string based on the English (United States) culture, with the culture name en-US.
Imports System Imports System.Globalization Public Class SamplesTextInfo Public Shared Sub Main() ' Defines the string with mixed casing. Dim myString As String = "wAr aNd pEaCe" ' Creates a TextInfo based on the "en-US" culture. Dim myTI As TextInfo = New CultureInfo("en-US", False).TextInfo ' Changes a string to lowercase. Console.WriteLine("""{0}"" to lowercase: {1}", myString, myTI.ToLower(myString)) ' Changes a string to uppercase. Console.WriteLine("""{0}"" to uppercase: {1}", myString, myTI.ToUpper(myString)) ' Changes a string to titlecase. Console.WriteLine("""{0}"" to titlecase: {1}", myString, myTI.ToTitleCase(myString)) End Sub 'Main End Class 'SamplesTextInfo 'This code produces the following output. ' '"wAr aNd pEaCe" to lowercase: war and peace '"wAr aNd pEaCe" to uppercase: WAR AND PEACE '"wAr aNd pEaCe" to titlecase: War And Peace
The following example passes each string in an array to the ToTitleCase method. The strings include proper title strings as well as acronyms. The strings are converted to title case by using the conventions of the en-US culture.
Imports System.Globalization Module Example Public Sub Main() Dim values() As String = { "a tale of two cities", "gROWL to the rescue", "inside the US government", "sports and MLB baseball", "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", "UNICEF and children"} Dim ti As TextInfo = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo For Each value In values Console.WriteLine("{0} --> {1}", value, ti.ToTitleCase(value)) Next End Sub End Module ' The example displays the following output: ' a tale of two cities --> A Tale Of Two Cities ' gROWL to the rescue --> Growl To The Rescue ' inside the US government --> Inside The US Government ' sports and MLB baseball --> Sports And MLB Baseball ' The Return of Sherlock Holmes --> The Return Of Sherlock Holmes ' UNICEF and children --> UNICEF And Children
Available since 1.1