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---
title: humanize
linktitle:
description: Returns the humanized version of an argument with the first letter capitalized.
godocref:
date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-02-01
categories: [functions]
menu:
  docs:
    parent: "functions"
keywords: [strings,casing]
signature: ["humanize INPUT"]
workson: []
hugoversion:
relatedfuncs: [anchorize]
deprecated: false
aliases: []
---

If the input is either an int64 value or the string representation of an integer, humanize returns the number with the proper ordinal appended.


```
{{humanize "my-first-post"}} → "My first post"
{{humanize "myCamelPost"}} → "My camel post"
{{humanize "52"}} → "52nd"
{{humanize 103}} → "103rd"
```
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			`title: humanize`
			`linktitle:`
			`description: Returns the humanized version of an argument with the first letter capitalized.`
			`godocref:`
			`date: 2017-02-01`
			`publishdate: 2017-02-01`
			`lastmod: 2017-02-01`
			`categories: [functions]`
			`menu:`
			`docs:`
			`parent: "functions"`
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			`---`

			`If the input is either an int64 value or the string representation of an integer, humanize returns the number with the proper ordinal appended.`


			```
			`{{humanize "my-first-post"}} → "My first post"`
			`{{humanize "myCamelPost"}} → "My camel post"`
			`{{humanize "52"}} → "52nd"`
			`{{humanize 103}} → "103rd"`
			```