Capitalizing hyphenated name

Question

I have a script looking like this:

firstn = input('Please enter your first name: ') 
lastn = input('Please enter Your last name: ') 
print('Good day, ' + str.capitalize(firstn) + ' ' + str.capitalize(lastn)+ '!')

It will work nicely with simple names like jack black or morgan meeman but when I input hyphenated name like jordan-bellfort image then I'd expect "Jordan-Bellfort Image" but I receive "Jordan-bellfort Image".

How can I get python to capitalize the character right after hyphen?

Answer 1

You can use title():

print('Good day,', firstn.title(), lastn.title(), '!')

Example from the console:

>>> 'jordan-bellfort image'.title()
'Jordan-Bellfort Image'

Answer 2

I'd suggest just using str.title, here's a working example comparing your version and the one using str.title method:

import string

tests = [
    ["jack", "black"],
    ["morgan", "meeman"],
    ["jordan-bellfort", "image"]
]

for t in tests:
    firstn, lastn = t
    print('Good day, ' + str.capitalize(firstn) +
          ' ' + str.capitalize(lastn) + '!')
    print('Good day, ' + firstn.title() + ' ' + lastn.title() + '!')
    print('-'*80)

Resulting into this:

Good day, Jack Black!
Good day, Jack Black!
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Good day, Morgan Meeman!
Good day, Morgan Meeman!
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Good day, Jordan-bellfort Image!
Good day, Jordan-Bellfort Image!
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