基准

博士TL;

这个基准测试的赢家是简单的for循环:

function titleize(str) {
    let upper = true
    let newStr = ""
    for (let i = 0, l = str.length; i < l; i++) {
        // Note that you can also check for all kinds of spaces  with
        // str[i].match(/\s/)
        if (str[i] == " ") {
            upper = true
            newStr += str[i]
            continue
        }
        newStr += upper ? str[i].toUpperCase() : str[i].toLowerCase()
        upper = false
    }
    return newStr
}
// NOTE: you could beat that using charcode and string builder I guess.

细节

我选取了最流行和最独特的答案，并以此为基准。

下面是我MacBook pro上的结果:

为了完整起见，这里是所使用的函数:

str = "the QUICK BrOWn Fox jUMPS oVeR the LAzy doG";
function regex(str) {
  return str.replace(
    /\w\S*/g,
    function(txt) {
      return txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + txt.substr(1).toLowerCase();
    }
  );
}

function split(str) {
  return str.
    split(' ').
    map(w => w[0].toUpperCase() + w.substr(1).toLowerCase()).
    join(' ');
}

function complete(str) {
  var i, j, str, lowers, uppers;
  str = str.replace(/([^\W_]+[^\s-]*) */g, function(txt) {
    return txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + txt.substr(1).toLowerCase();
  });

  // Certain minor words should be left lowercase unless 
  // they are the first or last words in the string
  lowers = ['A', 'An', 'The', 'And', 'But', 'Or', 'For', 'Nor', 'As', 'At', 
  'By', 'For', 'From', 'In', 'Into', 'Near', 'Of', 'On', 'Onto', 'To', 'With'];
  for (i = 0, j = lowers.length; i < j; i++)
    str = str.replace(new RegExp('\\s' + lowers[i] + '\\s', 'g'), 
      function(txt) {
        return txt.toLowerCase();
      });

  // Certain words such as initialisms or acronyms should be left uppercase
  uppers = ['Id', 'Tv'];
  for (i = 0, j = uppers.length; i < j; i++)
    str = str.replace(new RegExp('\\b' + uppers[i] + '\\b', 'g'), 
      uppers[i].toUpperCase());

  return str;
}

function firstLetterOnly(str) {
  return str.replace(/\b(\S)/g, function(t) { return t.toUpperCase(); });
}

function forLoop(str) {
  let upper = true;
  let newStr = "";
  for (let i = 0, l = str.length; i < l; i++) {
    if (str[i] == " ") {
      upper = true;
        newStr += " ";
      continue;
    }
    newStr += upper ? str[i].toUpperCase() : str[i].toLowerCase();
    upper = false;
  }
  return newStr;
}

请注意，我故意没有改变原型，因为我认为这是一个非常糟糕的做法，我认为我们不应该在我们的回答中推广这种做法。这只适用于小型代码库，如果只有你一个人在使用它。

如果你想添加任何其他方法来做这个基准测试，请评论一个链接到答案!

EDIT 2022 Mac M1:在我的新电脑上，使用最新的chrome浏览器，拆分胜出。如果您真的关心特定机器上的性能，您应该自己运行基准测试

这个解决方案将标点符号考虑到新句子中，处理引用，将小词转换为小写，忽略首字母缩写或全大写单词。

var stopWordsArray = new Array("a", "all", "am", "an", "and", "any", "are", "as", "at", "be", "but", "by", "can", "can't", "did", "didn't", "do", "does", "doesn't", "don't", "else", "for", "get", "gets", "go", "got", "had", "has", "he", "he's", "her", "here", "hers", "hi", "him", "his", "how", "i'd", "i'll", "i'm", "i've", "if", "in", "is", "isn't", "it", "it's", "its", "let", "let's", "may", "me", "my", "no", "of", "off", "on", "our", "ours", "she", "so", "than", "that", "that's", "thats", "the", "their", "theirs", "them", "then", "there", "there's", "these", "they", "they'd", "they'll", "they're", "they've", "this", "those", "to", "too", "try", "until", "us", "want", "wants", "was", "wasn't", "we", "we'd", "we'll", "we're", "we've", "well", "went", "were", "weren't", "what", "what's", "when", "where", "which", "who", "who's", "whose", "why", "will", "with", "won't", "would", "yes", "yet", "you", "you'd", "you'll", "you're", "you've", "your");

// Only significant words are transformed. Handles acronyms and punctuation
String.prototype.toTitleCase = function() {
    var newSentence = true;
    return this.split(/\s+/).map(function(word) {
        if (word == "") { return; }
        var canCapitalise = true;
        // Get the pos of the first alpha char (word might start with " or ')
        var firstAlphaCharPos = word.search(/\w/);
        // Check for uppercase char that is not the first char (might be acronym or all caps)
        if (word.search(/[A-Z]/) > 0) {
            canCapitalise = false;
        } else if (stopWordsArray.indexOf(word) != -1) {
            // Is a stop word and not a new sentence
            word.toLowerCase();
            if (!newSentence) {
                canCapitalise = false;
            }
        }
        // Is this the last word in a sentence?
        newSentence = (word.search(/[\.!\?:]['"]?$/) > 0)? true : false;
        return (canCapitalise)? word.replace(word[firstAlphaCharPos], word[firstAlphaCharPos].toUpperCase()) : word;
    }).join(' ');
}

// Pass a string using dot notation:
alert("A critical examination of Plato's view of the human nature".toTitleCase());
var str = "Ten years on: a study into the effectiveness of NCEA in New Zealand schools";
str.toTitleCase());
str = "\"Where to from here?\" the effectivness of eLearning in childhood education";
alert(str.toTitleCase());

/* Result:
A Critical Examination of Plato's View of the Human Nature.
Ten Years On: A Study Into the Effectiveness of NCEA in New Zealand Schools.
"Where to From Here?" The Effectivness of eLearning in Childhood Education. */

一种稍微优雅一点的方式，改编了Greg Dean的功能:

String.prototype.toProperCase = function () {
    return this.replace(/\w\S*/g, function(txt){return txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + txt.substr(1).toLowerCase();});
};

这样称呼它:

"pascal".toProperCase();

如果一个CSS解决方案满足你的需求，你可以应用文本转换CSS样式到你的控件:

text-transform: capitalize;

请注意，这将会改变: hello world到hello world HELLO WORLD到HELLO WORLD(不变) emily-jane o'brien致emily-jane o'brien(不正确) 玛丽亚·冯·特拉普写给玛丽亚·冯·特拉普(不正确)

function titleCase(str) {
    str = str.toLowerCase();

    var strArray = str.split(" ");


    for(var i = 0; i < strArray.length; i++){
        strArray[i] = strArray[i].charAt(0).toUpperCase() + strArray[i].substr(1);

    }

    var result = strArray.join(" ");

    //Return the string
    return result;
}

吉姆-鲍勃->吉姆-鲍勃

吉姆/鲍勃->吉姆/鲍勃

jim_bob -> jim_bob

不是->不是

学校->学校

麦当劳->麦当劳

function toTitleCase(str) {
  return str.replace(/\p{L}+('\p{L}+)?/gu, function(txt) {
    return txt.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + txt.slice(1)
  })
}