Python String title() Method

The String title() method returns a new string with the first character of each word to uppercase and the remaining characters to lowercase. It is particularly useful for formatting strings as titles or headers.

Syntax

my_string.title()

title() Parameters

Python String title() method does not take any parameters.

title() Return Value

Python String title() method returns a new string with the first character of each word capitalized and all other characters in lowercase.

Examples

Example 1: Title Case a String with title()

The title() method returns a new string with the first character of each word capitalized and all other characters in lowercase.

my_str = 'hello world!'
result = my_str.title()
print(result) # Output: Hello World!

output

Hello World!

Example 2: Title Case a Mixed Case String with title()

The title() method works also with mixed case strings.

my_str = 'tUtORiaL rEFerENce!'
result = my_str.title()
print(result) # Output: Tutorial Reference!

output

Tutorial Reference!

Example 3: Title Case an All Uppercase String with title()

The title() method works also with all upper case strings.

my_str = 'TUTORIAL REFERENCE!'
result = my_str.title()
print(result) # Output: Tutorial Reference!

output

Tutorial Reference!

Example 3: Title Case a String with Special Characters with title()

The behaviour of title() method is unexpected in presence of special characters in the string: the first letter after every number or special character is considered as the start of a new word and so converted into a upper case letter.

For example, you have that:

my_str = "let's go back to the 80s"
result = my_str.title()
print(result) # Output: Let'S Go Back To The 80S

my_str = "we're tutorial reference."
result = my_str.title()
print(result) # Output: We'Re Tutorial Reference.

output

Let'S Go Back To The 80S
We'Re Tutorial Reference.

Workaround

A workaround for this problem is string.capwords().

It is an helper function of string package that:

1. Split the argument into words using split()
2. Capitalize each word using capitalize()
3. Join the capitalized words using join()

import string

my_str = "let's go back to the 80s"
result = string.capwords(my_str)
print(result) # Output: Let's Go Back To The 80s

my_str = "we're tutorial reference."
result = string.capwords(my_str)
print(result) # Output: We're Tutorial Reference.

output

Let's Go Back To The 80s
We're Tutorial Reference.