kotlin-stdlib / kotlin.text / decapitalize

decapitalize

Common
JVM
JS
Native
1.0
fun String.decapitalize(): String

Returns a copy of this string having its first letter lowercased, or the original string, if it's empty or already starts with a lower case letter.

import kotlin.test.*

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
//sampleStart
println("abcd".decapitalize()) // abcd
println("Abcd".decapitalize()) // abcd
//sampleEnd
}
JVM
1.3
@ExperimentalStdlibApi fun String.decapitalize(
    locale: Locale
): String

Returns a copy of this string having its first letter lowercased using the specified locale, or the original string, if it's empty or already starts with a lower case letter.