[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-817407 ] string.capitalize() broken?

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Bugs item #817407, was opened at 2003-10-03 15:34
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Cliff Resnick (cresny)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: string.capitalize() broken?

Initial Comment:
string.capitalize is capitalizing first character and 

lowercasing all following characters (as with 'title'), not 

just capitalizing first char.



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Comment By: Andrew Gaul (gaul)
Date: 2003-10-03 16:16

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Python 2.3.2 (#1, Oct  3 2003, 15:28:48)

[GCC 3.3.1] on linux2

Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more

information.

>>> help(''.capitalize)

Help on built-in function capitalize:



capitalize(...)

    S.capitalize() -> string



    Return a copy of the string S with *only* its first

character

    capitalized.

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