How to convert first letter of multiple string columns into capital in data.table object in R?

To convert first letter of multiple string columns into capital in data.table object in R, we can follow the below steps −

• First of all, create a data.table object with string columns.

• Then, use sub function along with mutate_each function of dplyr package to convert first letter into capital in string columns.

Example

Create the data.table object

Let’s create a data.table object as shown below −

library(data.table)
Names<-
sample(c("rahul","rosy","hidayah","seema","john","sarbat","shaun","sam","teena","ila"," kunal"),25,replace=TRUE)
Level<-sample(c("low","medium","high"),25,replace=TRUE)
DT<-data.table(Names,Level)
DT

Output

On executing, the above script generates the below output(this output will vary on your system due to randomization) −

    Names  Level
1:  seema  high
2:  john   low
3:  rahul  low
4:  kunal  medium
5:  shaun  medium
6:  john   low
7:  kunal  medium
8:  ila    high
9:  sam    low
10: rosy   medium
11: seema  medium
12: ila    medium
13: kunal  medium
14: sarbat high
15: shaun  low
16: sarbat high
17: ila    medium
18: john   high
19: sarbat medium
20: rahul  low
21: sam    low
22: teena  low
23: john   high
24: john   low
25: ila    medium
    Names Level

Convert first letter into capital in multiple columns

Using sub function along with mutate_each function of dplyr package to convert first letter into capital in Names and Level column −

library(data.table)
Names<-
sample(c("rahul","rosy","hidayah","seema","john","sarbat","shaun","sam","teena","ila","kunal"),25,replace=TRUE)
Level<-sample(c("low","medium","high"),25,replace=TRUE)
DT<-data.table(Names,Level)
library(dplyr)
DT %>% mutate_each(funs(sub("(.)","\U\1", ., perl=TRUE)))

Output

    Names   Level
1:  Seema   High
2:  John    Low
3:  Rahul   Low
4:  Kunal   Medium
5:  Shaun   Medium
6:  John    Low
7:  Kunal   Medium
8:  Ila     High
9:  Sam     Low
10: Rosy    Medium
11: Seema   Medium
12: Ila     Medium
13: Kunal   Medium
14: Sarbat  High
15: Shaun   Low
16: Sarbat  High
17: Ila     Medium
18: John    High
19: Sarbat  Medium
20: Rahul   Low
21: Sam     Low
22: Teena   Low
23: John    High
24: John    Low
25: Ila     Medium
   Names    Level