// Copyright © 2018 Inanc Gumus // Learn Go Programming Course // License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ // // For more tutorials : https://learngoprogramming.com // In-person training : https://www.linkedin.com/in/inancgumus/ // Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/inancgumus package main import ( "bytes" "fmt" "unicode/utf8" ) func main() { word := []byte("öykü") fmt.Printf("%s = % [1]x\n", word) // how to make the first rune uppercase? // you need to find the starting and ending position of the first rune // 1st way: `for range` // you can't get the runes by range overing a byte slice // first, you need to convert it to a string var size int for i := range string(word) { if i > 0 { size = i break } } // 2nd way: let's do it using the utf8 package's DecodeRune function _, size = utf8.DecodeRune(word) // overwrite the current bytes with the new uppercased bytes copy(word[:size], bytes.ToUpper(word[:size])) // to get printed bytes/runes need to be encoded in a string fmt.Printf("%s = % [1]x\n", word) }