Format lowercased string to capitalize the begining of each sentence
capitalization, javascript, lowercase, regex, string
Solution
If you only want to capitalize the first word of each sentence (not every word), then use this function:
function applySentenceCase(str) {
return str.replace(/.+?[\.\?\!](\s|$)/g, function (txt) {
return txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + txt.substr(1).toLowerCase();
});
}
JSFiddle here
If you want to keep the formatting of the rest of the sentence and just capitalize the first letters, change `txt.substr(1).toLowerCase()` to `txt.substr(1)`
Problem
I have a string like `FIRST SENTENCE. SECOND SENTENCE.` I want to lowercase the string in that way to capitalize the first letter of each sentence. For example: ``` string = string.toLowerCase().capitalize(); ``` only the first sentence is capitalized. I have the String.prototype.capitalize = function() { return this.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + this.slice(1); } function Does anyone know how to solve?