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INITCAP

Syntax

initcap::=

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Purpose

INITCAP returns char, with the first letter of each word in uppercase, all other letters in lowercase. Words are delimited by white space or characters that are not alphanumeric.

char can be of any of the datatypes CHAR, VARCHAR2, NCHAR, or NVARCHAR2. The return value is the same datatype as char.

Note:

This function does not support CLOB data directly. However, CLOBs can be passed in as arguments through implicit data conversion. Please refer to "Datatype Comparison Rules" for more information.

Examples

The following example capitalizes each word in the string:

SELECT INITCAP('the soap') "Capitals" FROM DUAL; 

Capitals
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The Soap