string input = "red HOUSE";
System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder(input);

for (int j = 0; j < sb.Length; j++)
{
    if ( j == 0 ) //catches just the first letter
        sb[j] = System.Char.ToUpper(sb[j]);
    else  //everything else is lower case
        sb[j] = System.Char.ToLower(sb[j]);
}
// Store the new string.
string corrected = sb.ToString();
System.Console.WriteLine(corrected);

由于这个问题是关于最大化性能的，我采用了Darren的版本来使用跨度，这减少了垃圾，并提高了大约10%的速度。

/// <summary>
/// Returns the input string with the first character converted to uppercase
/// </summary>
public static string ToUpperFirst(this string s)
{
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s))
        throw new ArgumentException("There is no first letter");

    Span<char> a = stackalloc char[s.Length];
    s.AsSpan(1).CopyTo(a.Slice(1));
    a[0] = char.ToUpper(s[0]);
    return new string(a);
}

性能

完整的测试代码

using System;
using System.Linq;

using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;

namespace CorePerformanceTest
{
    public class StringUpperTest
    {
        [Params("red", "red house")]
        public string Data;

        [Benchmark]
        public string Carlos() => Data.Carlos();

        [Benchmark]
        public string Darren() => Data.Darren();

        [Benchmark]
        public string Marcell() => Data.Marcell();
    }

    internal static class StringExtensions
    {
        public static string Carlos(this string input) =>
            input switch
            {
                null => throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(input)),
                "" => throw new ArgumentException($"{nameof(input)} cannot be empty", nameof(input)),
                _ => input.First().ToString().ToUpper() + input.Substring(1)
            };

        public static string Darren(this string s)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s))
                throw new ArgumentException("There is no first letter");

            char[] a = s.ToCharArray();
            a[0] = char.ToUpper(a[0]);
            return new string(a);
        }

        public static string Marcell(this string s)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s))
                throw new ArgumentException("There is no first letter");

            Span<char> a = stackalloc char[s.Length];
            s.AsSpan(1).CopyTo(a.Slice(1));
            a[0] = char.ToUpper(s[0]);
            return new string(a);
        }
    }

}

FluentSharp有lowerCaseFirstLetter方法来做这个。

string input = "red HOUSE";
System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder(input);

for (int j = 0; j < sb.Length; j++)
{
    if ( j == 0 ) //catches just the first letter
        sb[j] = System.Char.ToUpper(sb[j]);
    else  //everything else is lower case
        sb[j] = System.Char.ToLower(sb[j]);
}
// Store the new string.
string corrected = sb.ToString();
System.Console.WriteLine(corrected);

不同c#版本的解决方案

c# 8，至少。net Core 3.0或。net Standard 2.1

public static class StringExtensions
{
    public static string FirstCharToUpper(this string input) =>
        input switch
        {
            null => throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(input)),
            "" => throw new ArgumentException($"{nameof(input)} cannot be empty", nameof(input)),
            _ => string.Concat(input[0].ToString().ToUpper(), input.AsSpan(1))
        };
}

自从。net Core 3.0 / . net Standard 2.1以来，String.Concat()支持ReadonlySpan<char>，如果我们使用. asspan(1)而不是. substring(1)，就节省了一个分配。

C# 8

public static class StringExtensions
{
    public static string FirstCharToUpper(this string input) =>
        input switch
        {
            null => throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(input)),
            "" => throw new ArgumentException($"{nameof(input)} cannot be empty", nameof(input)),
            _ => input[0].ToString().ToUpper() + input.Substring(1)
        };
}

C# 7

public static class StringExtensions
{
    public static string FirstCharToUpper(this string input)
    {
        switch (input)
        {
            case null: throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(input));
            case "": throw new ArgumentException($"{nameof(input)} cannot be empty", nameof(input));
            default: return input[0].ToString().ToUpper() + input.Substring(1);
        }
    }
}

非常古老的答案

public static string FirstCharToUpper(string input)
{
    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(input))
        throw new ArgumentException("ARGH!");
    return input.First().ToString().ToUpper() + String.Join("", input.Skip(1));
}

这个版本比较短。为了更快地解决问题，请看迭戈的回答。

public static string FirstCharToUpper(string input)
{
    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(input))
        throw new ArgumentException("ARGH!");
    return input.First().ToString().ToUpper() + input.Substring(1);
}

可能最快的解决方案是Darren的(甚至有一个基准测试)，尽管我会改变它的string.IsNullOrEmpty(s)验证来抛出异常，因为最初的需求期望第一个字母存在，以便它可以大写。注意，这段代码适用于一般字符串，而不是文本框中的有效值。

string s_Val = "test";
if (s_Val != "")
{
   s_Val  = char.ToUpper(s_Val[0]);
   if (s_Val.Length > 1)
   {
      s_Val += s_Val.Substring(1);
   }
 }