Python String istitle() Method

Description

istitle() method checks if each space-delimited substring starts with an uppercase letter and the rest of the letters are lowercase. Non-alphabetic characters (numbers, symbols, etc.) are ignored.

Syntax

Below is the syntax of the istitle() method −

var.istitle()

Parameters

None

Return Value

This method returns True if the string is a title-formatted string and has at least one character. For example, uppercase characters can only follow uncase characters, and lowercase characters can only follow cased characters. Otherwise, it returns False.

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of the istitle() method.

var = "Hello Python"
var1 = var.istitle()
print ("Original string:", var)
print ("Is it in title format?:", var1)

var = "HelloPython"
var2 = var.istitle()
print ("Original string:", var)
print ("Is it in title format?:", var2)

var = "Welcome To TutorialsPoint"
var3 = var.istitle()
print ("Original string:", var)
print ("Is it in title format?:", var3)

Running this program will produce the following output −

Original string: Hello Python
Is it title formatted?: True
Original string: HelloPython
Is it title formatted?: False
Original string: Welcome to TutorialsPoint
Is it title formatted?: False