# Lower Case First [![NPM version][npm-image]][npm-url] [![NPM downloads][downloads-image]][downloads-url] [![Build status][travis-image]][travis-url] [![Test coverage][coveralls-image]][coveralls-url] Lower case the first character of a string. Supports Unicode (non-ASCII characters) and non-string entities, such as objects with a `toString` property, numbers and booleans. Empty values (`null` and `undefined`) will result in an empty string. ## Installation ``` npm install lower-case-first --save ``` ## Usage ```js var lowerCaseFirst = require('lower-case-first') lowerCaseFirst(null) //=> "" lowerCaseFirst('STRING') //=> "sTRING" ``` ## Typings Includes a [TypeScript definition](lower-case-first.d.ts). ## License MIT [npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/lower-case-first.svg?style=flat [npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/lower-case-first [downloads-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/lower-case-first.svg?style=flat [downloads-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/lower-case-first [travis-image]: https://img.shields.io/travis/blakeembrey/lower-case-first.svg?style=flat [travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/blakeembrey/lower-case-first [coveralls-image]: https://img.shields.io/coveralls/blakeembrey/lower-case-first.svg?style=flat [coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/blakeembrey/lower-case-first?branch=master