JavaScript: Uncapitalize each word in the string

JavaScript String: Exercise-42 with Solution

Write a JavaScript function to uncapitalize each word in the string.

Test Data:
console.log(unCapitalizeWords('JS STRING EXERCISES'));
"js string exercises"

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Sample Solution:

JavaScript Code:

// Define a function called unCapitalizeWords taking a string parameter str
function unCapitalizeWords(str) {
    // Use the replace method with a regular expression /\w\S*/g to match each word in the string
    // For each matched word, execute a callback function
    return str.replace(/\w\S*/g, function(txt) {
        // In the callback function, convert the first character of each word to lowercase 
        // and keep the rest of the word unchanged
        return txt.substr(0).toLowerCase();
    });
}

// Call the unCapitalizeWords function with the input string 'JS STRING EXERCISES' 
// and print the resulting string to the console
console.log(unCapitalizeWords('JS STRING EXERCISES'));

Output:

js string exercises

Explanation:

The above code defines a function called "unCapitalizeWords()" that takes a string 'str' as input. The function uses the "replace()" method with a regular expression '\w\S*' to match each word in the string.

For each matched word, a callback function is executed. This converts the first character of the word to lowercase while keeping the rest unchanged.

Finally, the function returns the modified string. The console.log statement calls the unCapitalizeWords function with the input string 'JS STRING EXERCISES' and prints the resulting string to the console.

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