Java Exercises: Capitalize the first letter of each word in a sentence

Java Basic: Exercise-58 with Solution

Write a Java program to capitalize the first letter of each word in a sentence.

Pictorial Presentation: Capitalize the first letter of each word in a sentence

Sample Solution:

Java Code:

import java.util.*;
 public class Exercise58 {
     public static void main(String[] args){
	 Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
     System.out.print("Input a Sentence: ");
	 String line = in.nextLine();
	 String upper_case_line = ""; 
       Scanner lineScan = new Scanner(line); 
         while(lineScan.hasNext()) {
             String word = lineScan.next(); 
             upper_case_line += Character.toUpperCase(word.charAt(0)) + word.substring(1) + " "; 
         }
      System.out.println(upper_case_line.trim()); 
    }
}

Sample Output:

Input a Sentence: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.         
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog.

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