String.prototype.match()
to break the string into words using an appropriate regexp.Array.prototype.map()
, Array.prototype.slice()
, Array.prototype.join()
and String.prototype.toUpperCase()
to combine them, capitalizing the first letter of each word and adding a whitespace between them.const toTitleCase = str => str .match(/[A-Z]{2,}(?=[A-Z][a-z]+[0-9]*|\b)|[A-Z]?[a-z]+[0-9]*|[A-Z]|[0-9]+/g) .map(x => x.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + x.slice(1)) .join(' ');
toTitleCase('some_database_field_name'); // 'Some Database Field Name'
toTitleCase('Some label that needs to be title-cased');
// 'Some Label That Needs To Be Title Cased'
toTitleCase('some-package-name'); // 'Some Package Name'
toTitleCase('some-mixed_string with spaces_underscores-and-hyphens');
// 'Some Mixed String With Spaces Underscores And Hyphens'
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