$firstalphachar

Usage: $firstalphachar(text[,nonalpha])

Category: text

Implemented: Picard 0.12

Description:

Returns the first character of text in upper case. If text does not begin with an alphabetic character, then nonalpha is returned instead. If nonalpha is not specified, the default value “#” will be used.

Example:

The following statements will return the values indicated:

$firstalphachar(abc)             ==>  "A"
$firstalphachar(123)             ==>  "#"
$firstalphachar(***)             ==>  "#"
$firstalphachar(***,)            ==>  ""
$firstalphachar(***,^)           ==>  "^"
$firstalphachar(***,non-alpha)   ==>  "non-alpha"