python capitalize() on a string starting with space

Return a copy of the string with its first character capitalized and the rest lowercased.

The first character is a space, the space is unchanged, the rest lowercased.

If you want to make it all uppercase, see str.upper(), or str.title() for the first letter of every word.

>>> phrase = 'lexical semantics'>>> phrase.capitalize()'Lexical semantics'>>> phrase.upper()'LEXICAL SEMANTICS'>>> phrase.title()'Lexical Semantics'

Or, if it's just a problem with the space:

>>> phrase = ' lexical semantics'>>> phrase.strip().capitalize()'Lexical semantics'

python string capitalize

.capitalize() capitalises the first character ... which is a space :) Every other character gets lowercased.

python string capitalize

It is because the first character is a space, not a letter.

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