Template:Ucfirstletter/doc

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This template uses Lua:

Module:String (sandbox)

This template should always be substituted in the article namespace.

Usage

Converts the first ASCII letter character of a string to uppercase. This behavior is different from the magic word ucfirst, which affects the first character of a string regardless of whether it is a letter or not.

Examples

<syntaxhighlight inline="1" lang="wikitext">{{ucfirstletter|test}}</syntaxhighlight> → {{subst:#invoke:String|match|test|%A*}}{{subst:uc:{{subst:#invoke:String|sub|{{subst:#invoke:String|match|test|%a.*}}|1|1}}}}{{subst:#invoke:String|sub|{{subst:#invoke:String|match|test|%a.*}}|2}}

<syntaxhighlight inline="1" lang="wikitext">{{ucfirstletter|(test)}}</syntaxhighlight> → {{subst:#invoke:String|match|(test)|%A*}}{{subst:uc:{{subst:#invoke:String|sub|{{subst:#invoke:String|match|(test)|%a.*}}|1|1}}}}{{subst:#invoke:String|sub|{{subst:#invoke:String|match|(test)|%a.*}}|2}}

<syntaxhighlight inline="1" lang="wikitext">{{ucfirstletter|6th century}}</syntaxhighlight> → {{subst:#invoke:String|match|6th century|%A*}}{{subst:uc:{{subst:#invoke:String|sub|{{subst:#invoke:String|match|6th century|%a.*}}|1|1}}}}{{subst:#invoke:String|sub|{{subst:#invoke:String|match|6th century|%a.*}}|2}}

(compare to {{ucfirst:6th century}} → 6th century)

Usage

Examples

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