lower to upper case but only first character in string java code example

Example 1: java method to capitalize first letter

String str = "java";
String cap = str.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + str.substring(1);
// cap = "Java"

Example 2: capitalize string java

String str = "hello world!";

// capitalize first letter
String output = str.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + str.substring(1);

// print the string
System.out.println(output);
// Hello world!

Example 3: how to uppercase the first letter of a string in java

String str = "java";
String cap = str.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + str.substring(1);
// cap = "Java"