Converting first letter of word to uppercase

Hi,
Is there any function module to convert the first letter of the word to uppercase ?
--bala

Hi
This will convert only the first word. If i have to do for all the words, like.,
twinkle twinkle little star
to
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
--bala

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>
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