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Capitlize each word in a string (journal titles, etc)
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public class Utils {
/**
* Capitlize each word in a string (journal titles, etc)
*
* @param text
* Text to inspect
* @return Capitalized text
*/
public static String capitalize(String text) {
StringBuilder resultText;
char previousC;
resultText = new StringBuilder();
previousC = '.';
for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
char c = text.charAt(i);
if (Character.isLetter(c) && !Character.isLetter(previousC)) {
resultText.append(Character.toUpperCase(c));
} else {
resultText.append(c);
}
previousC = c;
}
return resultText.toString();
}
}
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