Convert String To camelCase from TitleCase C#

Question

I have a string that I converted to a TextInfo.ToTitleCase and removed the underscores and joined the string together. Now I need to change the first and only the first charact

Answer 1

Here's my code, includes lowering all upper prefixes:

public static class StringExtensions
{
    public static string ToCamelCase(this string str)
    {
        bool hasValue = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(str);

        // doesn't have a value or already a camelCased word
        if (!hasValue || (hasValue && Char.IsLower(str[0])))
        {
            return str;
        }

        string finalStr = "";

        int len = str.Length;
        int idx = 0;

        char nextChar = str[idx];

        while (Char.IsUpper(nextChar))
        {
            finalStr += char.ToLowerInvariant(nextChar);

            if (len - 1 == idx)
            {
                // end of string
                break;
            }

            nextChar = str[++idx];
        }

        // if not end of string 
        if (idx != len - 1)
        {
            finalStr += str.Substring(idx);
        }

        return finalStr;
    }
}

Use it like this:

string camelCasedDob = "DOB".ToCamelCase();