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  The title function converts the first letter of each word in a given string
  to uppercase.
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# `title` Function

-> **Note:** This page is about Terraform 0.12 and later. For Terraform 0.11 and
earlier, see
[0.11 Configuration Language: Interpolation Syntax](../../configuration-0-11/interpolation.html).

`title` converts the first letter of each word in the given string to uppercase.

## Examples

```
> title("hello world")
Hello World
```

This function uses Unicode's definition of letters and of upper- and lowercase.

## Related Functions

* [`upper`](./upper.html) converts _all_ letters in a string to uppercase.
* [`lower`](./lower.html) converts all letters in a string to lowercase.