Function title

numpy/_core/strings.py:1244–1282

Return element-wise title cased version of string or unicode. Title case words start with uppercase characters, all remaining cased characters are lowercase. Calls :meth:`str.title` element-wise. For 8-bit strings, this method is locale-dependent. Parameters --------

(a)

@set_module("numpy.strings")
@array_function_dispatch(_unary_op_dispatcher)
def title(a):
    """
    Return element-wise title cased version of string or unicode.

    Title case words start with uppercase characters, all remaining cased
    characters are lowercase.

    Calls :meth:`str.title` element-wise.

    For 8-bit strings, this method is locale-dependent.

    Parameters
    ----------
    a : array-like, with ``StringDType``, ``bytes_``, or ``str_`` dtype
        Input array.

    Returns
    -------
    out : ndarray
        Output array of ``StringDType``, ``bytes_`` or ``str_`` dtype,
        depending on input types

    See Also
    --------
    str.title

    Examples
    --------
    >>> import numpy as np
    >>> c=np.array(['a1b c','1b ca','b ca1','ca1b'],'S5'); c
    array(['a1b c', '1b ca', 'b ca1', 'ca1b'],
        dtype='|S5')
    >>> np.strings.title(c)
    array(['A1B C', '1B Ca', 'B Ca1', 'Ca1B'],
        dtype='|S5')

    """
    a_arr = np.asarray(a)
    return _vec_string(a_arr, a_arr.dtype, 'title')


def _replace_dispatcher(a, old, new, count=None):