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Update capitalize.py #10573

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Update capitalize.py
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Update strings/capitalize.py
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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion strings/capitalize.py
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def capitalize(sentence: str) -> str:
"""
This function will capitalize the first letter of a sentence or a word
Capitalizes the first letter of a sentence or word.

>>> capitalize("hello world")
'Hello world'
>>> capitalize("123 hello world")
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"""
if not sentence:
return ""

# Create a dictionary that maps lowercase letters to uppercase letters
# Capitalize the first character if it's a lowercase letter
# Concatenate the capitalized character with the rest of the string
lower_to_upper = dict(zip(ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase))
return lower_to_upper.get(sentence[0], sentence[0]) + sentence[1:]

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