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Capitalize the first letter of a word
Take the first character, upper-case it, and add the rest with slice(1).
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const capitalize = (word) => word.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + word.slice(1); console.log(capitalize('javascript')); console.log(capitalize('wecode academy'));
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