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gh-106318: Add an example for str.capitalize() #134272

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Add an example for `str.capitalize` for #106318
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Replace the city name in the example.
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Expand Up @@ -1759,7 +1759,14 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
.. method:: str.capitalize()

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

>>> 'PYTHON IS AMAZING'.capitalize()
'Python is amazing'
>>> 'LJjubljana starts With a non-english digraph'.capitalize()
'Ljjubljana starts with a non-english digraph'
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>>> 'LJjubljana starts With a non-english digraph'.capitalize()
'Ljjubljana starts with a non-english digraph'
>>> 'LJjubljana starts With a non-English digraph'.capitalize()
'Ljjubljana starts with a non-English digraph'

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It doesn't look like the word Ljubljana is written with a digraph though?

https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana

Is there a word we can use that does?

(Plus we effectively have an L and two Js in "LJjubljana".)

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My initial suggestion was Njemačka[0], the word used in the bug report to fix capitalize[1].

[0] https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/105670/files#diff-08a31a70dd1f6d97aa8dacdce77db4de04c700d9949be1af611a595186aad5b3R1628

[1] https://bugs.python.org/msg339568


See also :meth:`title`.

.. versionchanged:: 3.8
The first character is now put into titlecase rather than uppercase.
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