string = "this is a String" string.capitalize = "This is a string" That works but changes my capital "a String" to lowercase. I only want to capitalize first letter. So I try" string[0..0].capitalize irb => "T" OK string[0..0].capitalize! irb => "T" irb string irb => "this is a string" I am a noob but I don't get that. Where is my capitalised first letter. Anybody? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.