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Update capitalize.py (#10573)

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* Update capitalize.py

* Update strings/capitalize.py

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Co-authored-by: Tianyi Zheng <tianyizheng02@gmail.com>
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@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase
def capitalize(sentence: str) -> str:
"""
This function will capitalize the first letter of a sentence or a word
Capitalizes the first letter of a sentence or word.
>>> capitalize("hello world")
'Hello world'
>>> capitalize("123 hello world")
@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ def capitalize(sentence: str) -> str:
"""
if not sentence:
return ""
# Create a dictionary that maps lowercase letters to uppercase letters
# Capitalize the first character if it's a lowercase letter
# Concatenate the capitalized character with the rest of the string
lower_to_upper = dict(zip(ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase))
return lower_to_upper.get(sentence[0], sentence[0]) + sentence[1:]