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what to use instead of the deprecated `String.capitalize()` function?

<https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.text/capitalize.html>

replaceFirstChar

```replaceFirstChar(Char::titlecase)```
works

I think it’s probably a naming problem, right? `capitalize` could mean titlecase-ing an entire string or just the start of a string, or maybe it could be interpreted as a `String.toUpper()` kind of function. Searching stackoverflow for “capitalize” gets back a few results with people looking for different behaviors but calling it the same thing

hmm right. even `"blah blah".titleCase()` would be “Blah Blah”. so the new method definately is more consistent.

`capitalize` means clearly only the first letter, I honestly don't see any potential interpreting issues

&gt; capitalize could mean titlecase-ing an entire string
no it couldn’t, it means converting the first letter to uppercase; the original name was perfect

To upper case or to title case? What’s the only thing it could mean? What if the first letter is already uppercased, but not in a title case?

<@U35HN2RGQ> At 35 years old I never, and I underline never, had a single misunderstanding about using the world capitalize in different languages/countries and with all the people I have interacted with so far..
On a side note, I do find kind of amusing all this technicality around title/upper case while much bigger themes, such as bitwise operators, still get left hanging in there although there is a much bigger community pressure and concerns

I’m with you. Unicode is killing our simple world we used to live in. 