Python title method in JavaScript

By Thomas Taylor | | 1 minutes
JavaScript

What is the equivalent for the Python string title method in JavaScript? Python’s native str.title() method returns a string with title-casing— i.e. the first letter of each word is capitalized.

str.title() method in JavaScript

Unfortunately, JavaScript does not contain a standardized str.title() method; however, a function can be created that implements equivalent behavior.

In Python, here are a few examples of the str.title() method:

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print("WeIrD cAsInG".title()) # Weird Casing
print("HELLO WORLD".title()) # Hello World
print("nospaceHERE".title()) # Nospacehere
print("there's a snake in my boot".title()) # There'S A Snake In My Boot

This is an equivalent JavaScript implementation:

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function title(str) {
  return str.toLowerCase().split(' ').map(w => w.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + w.slice(1)).join(' ');
}

console.log(title("WeIrD cAsInG")); // Weird Casing
console.log(title("HELLO WORLD")); // Hello World
console.log(title("nospaceHERE")); // Nospacehere
console.log(title("there's a snake in my boot")); // There'S A Snake In My Boot