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---
title: Sentencecase string
type: snippet
tags: [string,regexp]
cover: sofia-tram
author: chalarangelo
dateModified: 2023-03-27T05:00:00-04:00
---
Converts a string to sentence case.
- Use `String.prototype.match()` to break the string into words using an appropriate regexp.
- Use `Array.prototype.slice()`, `Array.prototype.join()` and `String.prototype.toUpperCase()` to combine them, capitalizing the first letter of the first word and adding a whitespace between them.
```js
const toSentenceCase = str => {
const s =
str &&
str
.match(
/[A-Z]{2,}(?=[A-Z][a-z]+[0-9]*|\b)|[A-Z]?[a-z]+[0-9]*|[A-Z]|[0-9]+/g
)
.join(' ');
return s.slice(0, 1).toUpperCase() + s.slice(1);
};
```
```js
toSentenceCase('some_database_field_name'); // 'Some database field name'
toSentenceCase('Some label that needs to be title-cased');
// 'Some label that needs to be title cased'
toSentenceCase('some-package-name'); // 'Some package name'
toSentenceCase('some-mixed_string with spaces_underscores-and-hyphens');
// 'Some mixed string with spaces underscores and hyphens'
```