HOWTO: Capitalize the First Letter of Each Word in a String

• Microsoft Visual Basic Standard and Professional Editions for Windows, versions 2.0, 3.0

SUMMARY

This article demonstrates how to capitalize the first letter of each word in a string.

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Step-by-Step Example

1. Start a new project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.



2. Add a Text Box and a CommandButton to Form1.



3. Double-click the text box to open the code window. Add the following code to the LostFocus event for the Text box:

   
         Sub Text1_LostFocus ()
   
            Dim t As String
            t = Text1.Text  ' Put contents of text box
                            ' into a string variable.
            If t <> "" Then
               Mid$(t, 1, 1) = UCase$(Mid$(t, 1, 1))
               For i = 1 To Len(t) - 1
                  If Mid$(t, i, 2) = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10) Then
                     ' Capitalize words preceded by carriage return plus
                     ' linefeed combination. This only applies when the
                     ' text box's MultiLine property is set to True:
                     Mid$(t, i + 2, 1) = UCase$(Mid$(t, i + 2, 1))
                  End If
                  If Mid$(t, i, 1) = " " Then
                     ' Capitalize words preceded by a space:
                     Mid$(t, i + 1, 1) = UCase$(Mid$(t, i + 1, 1))
                  End If
               Next
               Text1.Text = t
            End If
   
         End Sub 




4. Start the program or press the F5 key.



5. Enter lowercase words in the text box. Click the CommandButton or press the TAB key to cause the text box to lose the focus. The first letter of each word in the text box will be capitalized. You may continue to enter more text and change the focus as often as you want. Close the form to end the program.

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Keywords : kbprg PrgOther vbwin
Version : WINDOWS:2.0,3.0
Platform : WINDOWS
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