I need to convert string in JSP into titlecase

Question

I have a variable in JSP tag file as below

<span class="breadcrumbName">${breadcrumb.name}</span>

I need to convert the text/string from this variable into Title Case ... Can someone please help me with this? Thanks

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 19 '13 at 06:23

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Solved by using the following

${fn:toUpperCase(fn:substring(breadcrumb.name, 0, 1))}${fn:toLowerCase(fn:substring(breadcrumb.name, 1, -1))}

make sure you have the following

<%@taglib prefix="fn" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" %>

answered Feb 19 '13 at 06:23

Hello Universe

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Does this not give you sentence case, as opposed to title case? – anotherdave Feb 21 '13 at 17:12
Yeah you are right. Sentence case :( .. any help on how to make it title case? A jstl approach will be nice – Hello Universe Feb 22 '13 at 06:35

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 19 '13 at 06:09

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I dont think so you can convert the string's case in el, I may be wrong

You can use css to find a workaround by applying proper styling to your span tag

<span style="text-transform: capitalize;"
 class="breadcrumbName">${breadcrumb.name}</span>

Hope this helps.

answered Feb 19 '13 at 06:09

Meherzad

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That will only make it capitalize.. I need title case. So if breadcrumb text is "my life". I want "My Life" and not "My life" – Hello Universe Feb 22 '13 at 15:47
Finally Solved it as follows ${fn:toLowerCase(breadcrumb.name)} Using css turn the text to capitalize.. – Hello Universe Feb 23 '13 at 08:33
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If you don't want to rely on CSS, you could always do as per this answer — http://stackoverflow.com/a/482959/1474421 & use WordUtils in a custom taglib. – anotherdave Feb 23 '13 at 18:54

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