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FUNCTIONS / STRING FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

initcap

Read PG 18 manual ↗

Converts the first letter of each word to upper case and the rest to lower case.

Signatures & examples

initcap ( text ) → text
Converts the first letter of each word to upper case and the rest to lower case. Words are sequences of alphanumeric characters separated by non-alphanumeric characters.
initcap('hi THOMAS') → Hi Thomas
Version history 2
  1. PG 18 → 19changed
  2. PG 12 → 13changed

Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source