The **`string.capitalize()` function** in Ruby does not modify the original string, but instead returns a copy of the original string, in which the first letter is *capitalized* and the remaining letters are *lower case*.

Figure 1 shows the visual representation of the `string.capitalize()` function.


# Syntax

```ruby
string_name.capitalize()
# string_name is the name of the string to be capitalized
```
# Parameter
This function does not require a parameter.

# Return value
This function returns the copy of the original string, in which the first letter is *capitalized* and the remaining letters are *lower case*.

# Example
The following code shows how to use the `string.capitalize()` function.

# working example of string.capitalize()


print "('hello').capitalize() : ", ('hello').capitalize(), "\n"


print "('educative').capitalize() : ", ('educative').capitalize(), "\n"


What is string.capitalize() in Ruby?

Returns a copy of the string with the first letter capitalized and the rest lowercased.