Improves the upcase_first_letter() function

thomskaf · Feb 26, 2014 · 29c3366 · 29c3366
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 stringhelpers Changelog
 =======================
 
+Version 1.2
+-----------
+Improves the `upcase_first_letter` function.
+- Any non-alphanumeric chars and spaces will now not be treated as the first letter,
+  which stopped the search after the first letter that should be capitalized.
+
+
 Version 1.1
 -----------
 Fixes small typos.

diff --git a/stringhelpers/__init__.py b/stringhelpers/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     :license: MIT, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
 
-__version__ = '1.1'
+__version__ = '1.2'
 
 import re
 import os
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ def upcase_first_letter(string):
 
     :param :string: string to capitalize first letter of.
     """
-    return string[0].upper() + string[1:]
+    alpha = re.compile(r"[^\W\s\d]", re.UNICODE)
+    letter = alpha.search(string).group()
+    return string.replace(letter, letter.upper(), 1)
 
 
 def reverse(string):