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ProperCase()

ProperCase is an AMPscript function in the string category. Capitalizes the first letter of each word.

Syntax

ProperCase(str)

Example

%%=ProperCase("ada lovelace")=%%
Rendered output
Ada Lovelace

Output produced by AmpSend's AMPscript engine (validated against Salesforce's own test corpus) - not a hand-written result.

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Official Salesforce documentation

ProperCase in the official AMPscript reference - or browse the official index of AMPscript functions for platform behavior and edge cases.

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