The **Str** class also provides three convenient methods for manipulating string capitalization: **upper**, **lower**, and **title**. These are more intelligent versions of the PHP [strtoupper](http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtoupper.php), [strtolower](http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtolower.php), and [ucwords](http://php.net/manual/en/function.ucwords.php) methods. More intelligent because they can handle UTF-8 input if the [multi-byte string](http://php.net/manual/en/book.mbstring.php) PHP extension is installed on your web server. To use them, just pass a string to the method:
echo Str::lower('I am a string.');
// i am a string.
echo Str::upper('I am a string.');
// I AM A STRING.
echo Str::title('I am a string.');
// I Am A String.
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## Word & Character Limiting
#### Limiting the number of characters in a string:
echo Str::limit($string, 10);
echo Str::limit_exact($string, 10);
echo Str::limit("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet", 10);
// Lorem ipsu...
echo Str::limit_exact("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet", 10);
// Lorem i...
#### Limiting the number of words in a string:
echo Str::words($string, 10);
echo Str::words("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet", 3);
// Lorem ipsum dolor...
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## Generating Random Strings
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## Singular & Plural
The String class is capable of transforming your strings from singular to plural, and vice versa.
#### Getting the plural form of a word:
echo Str::plural('user');
// users
#### Getting the singular form of a word:
echo Str::singular('users');
// user
#### Getting the plural form if given value is greater than one:
#### Getting the plural form if specified value is greater than one:
echo Str::plural('comment', count($comments));
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#### Generating a URL friendly slug:
return Str::slug('My First Blog Post!');
// my-first-blog-post
#### Generating a URL friendly slug using a given separator: