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# numpy.core.defchararray.title

`numpy.core.defchararray.``title`(a)

  Return element-wise title cased version of string or unicode.

  Title case words start with uppercase characters, all remaining cased characters are lowercase.

  Calls str.title element-wise.

  For 8-bit strings, this method is locale-dependent.

  Parameters : | a : array_like, {str, unicode} Input array.
  Returns : | out : ndarray Output array of str or unicode, depending on input type

  See also

  `str.title`

  Examples

      >>> c=np.array(['a1b c','1b ca','b ca1','ca1b'],'S5'); c
      array(['a1b c', '1b ca', 'b ca1', 'ca1b'],
          dtype='|S5')
      >>> np.char.title(c)
      array(['A1B C', '1B Ca', 'B Ca1', 'Ca1B'],
          dtype='|S5')