Python 3 reference · String Methods

Python String istitle() Method

Return True if the string is title-cased: each word starts with an upper-case letter followed by lower-case letters.

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Syntax

str.istitle()

True or False.

Basic useTry it yourself

print("Hello World".istitle(), "Hello world".istitle(), "HELLO".istitle())

Output

True False False

A surprise with apostrophesTry it yourself

print("They're Here".istitle())  # apostrophes start a new "word"

Output

False

Version	Change
Python 3.0	Added

str.title() · Return a title-cased copy: the first letter of each word upper case and the rest lower case.
str.isupper() · Return True if all cased characters are upper case and there is at least one cased character.
str.islower() · Return True if all cased characters are lower case and there is at least one cased character.
Python Strings · tutorial