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a character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech; any of the symbols of an alphabet.

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How do I make the first letter of a string uppercase in JavaScript?

How do I make the first letter of a string uppercase, but not change the case of any of the other letters? For example: "this is a test" → "This is a test" "the Eiffel Tower" → "The Eiffel Tower" "/index.html" → "/index.html"
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python capitalize first letter only

I am aware .capitalize() capitalizes the first letter of a string but what if the first character is a integer? this 1bob 5sandy to this 1Bob 5Sandy
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What is the best way to tell if a character is a letter or number in Java without using regexes?

What is the best and/or easiest way to recognize if a string.charAt(index) is an A-z letter or a number in Java without using regular expressions? Thanks.
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How to check if character is a letter in Javascript?

I am extracting a character in a Javascript string with: var first = str.charAt(0); and I would like to check whether it is a letter. Strangely, it does not seem like such functionality exists in Javascript. At least I cannot find it. How can I…
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How to capitalize the first letter of a string in dart?

How do I capitalize the first character of a string, while not changing the case of any of the other letters? For example, "this is a string" should give "This is a string".
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Count letters in a text in the Welsh language

How do I count the letters in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? print(len('Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch')) Says 58 Well if it was that easy I wouldn't be asking you, now would I?! Wikipedia…
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How to detect lowercase letters in Python?

I need to know if there is a function that detects the lowercase letters in a string. Say I started writing this program: s = input('Type a word') Would there be a function that lets me detect a lowercase letter within the string s? Possibly ending…
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In VB6 what is the difference between Property Set and Property Let?

I have just created several Property Set methods, and they didn't compile. When I changed them to Property Let, everything was fine. I have since studied the documentation to find the difference between Property Set and Property Let, but must admit…
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Regex capitalize first letter every word, also after a special character like a dash

I use this #(\s|^)([a-z0-9-_]+)#i for capitalize every first letter every word, i want it also to capitalize the letter if it's after a special mark like a dash(-) Now it shows: This Is A Test For-stackoverflow And i want this: This Is A Test…
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How to access Letter Recognizer API in Android?

I am creating a gesture application. In the Gesture class docs http://developer.android.com/reference/android/gesture/Gesture.html) it reads: "A user-defined gesture can be recognized by a GestureLibrary and a built-in alphabet gesture can be…
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Immediately show autocomplete on Android

The Android autocomplete only starts after two letters. How can I make it so the list appears when the field is just selected?
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Randomly choosing from a list with weighted probabilities

I have an array of N elements (representing the N letters of a given alphabet), and each cell of the array holds an integer value, that integer value meaning the number of occurrences in a given text of that letter. Now I want to randomly choose a…
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How can I check if a char is a letter or a number?

I have a string and I want to loop it so that I can check if every char is a letter or number. $s = "rfewr545 345b"; for ($i=1; $i<=strlen($s); $i++){ if ($a[$i-1] == is a letter){ echo $a[$i-1]." is a letter"; } else { echo…
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Determine if string starts with letters A through I

I've got a simple java assignment. I need to determine if a string starts with the letter A through I. I know i have to use string.startsWith(); but I don't want to write, if(string.startsWith("a")); all the way to I, it seems in efficient. Should I…
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Automatically capitalize first letter of first word in a new sentence in LaTeX

I know one of LaTeX's bragging points is that it doesn't have this Microsoftish behavior. Nevertheless, it's sometimes useful. LaTeX already adds an extra space after you type a (non-backslashed) period, so it should be possible to make it…
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