Decapitalize[string]
yields a string in which the first character has been made lowercase.
Decapitalize
Decapitalize[string]
yields a string in which the first character has been made lowercase.
Details
- Decapitalize handles both ordinary and special characters.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (2)
Decapitalize the first character of a string:
Decapitalize["ABCD"]Decapitalize["Apple"]Decapitalize["This sentence."]Decapitalize letters of the Greek alphabet:
Decapitalize["Φ"]Decapitalize["Β"]Scope (1)
Decapitalize automatically threads over lists:
Decapitalize[{"A", "B", "C", "D"}]Decapitalize[{"Apple", "Bear", "Cat"}]See Also
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2015), Decapitalize, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Decapitalize.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2015. "Decapitalize." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Decapitalize.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2015). Decapitalize. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Decapitalize.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_decapitalize, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Decapitalize}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Decapitalize.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_decapitalize, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Decapitalize}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Decapitalize.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}