//#region src/functions/startCase/startCase.d.ts
/**
 * Converts a string to start case (first letter of each word capitalized, joined by spaces).
 * @param string The input string to convert to start case.
 * @returns A new string converted to start case.
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * startCase('--foo-bar--') // 'Foo Bar'
 * startCase('fooBar') // 'Foo Bar'
 * startCase('__FOO_BAR__') // 'FOO BAR'
 * ```
 */
declare function startCase<S extends string>(string: S): StartCase<S>;
type IsUpperLetter<C extends string> = C extends Uppercase<C> ? (C extends Lowercase<C> ? false : true) : false;
type TrimTrailingSpaces<S extends string> = S extends `${infer L} ` ? TrimTrailingSpaces<L> : S;
type StartCaseImpl<S extends string, PrevIsUpper extends boolean = false, AtWordStart extends boolean = true> = S extends `${infer C}${infer Rest}` ? C extends '-' | '_' | ' ' ? `${AtWordStart extends true ? '' : ' '}${StartCaseImpl<Rest, false, true>}` : AtWordStart extends true ? `${Uppercase<C>}${StartCaseImpl<Rest, IsUpperLetter<C>, false>}` : IsUpperLetter<C> extends true ? PrevIsUpper extends true ? Rest extends `${infer Next}${string}` ? Next extends '-' | '_' | ' ' ? `${C}${StartCaseImpl<Rest, true, false>}` : IsUpperLetter<Next> extends true ? `${C}${StartCaseImpl<Rest, true, false>}` : ` ${C}${StartCaseImpl<Rest, true, false>}` : `${C}${StartCaseImpl<Rest, true, false>}` : ` ${C}${StartCaseImpl<Rest, true, false>}` : `${C}${StartCaseImpl<Rest, false, false>}` : '';
/**
 * Converts a string to start case at the type level.
 * @see {@link startCase}.
 */
type StartCase<S extends string> = TrimTrailingSpaces<StartCaseImpl<S>>;
//#endregion
export { startCase as n, StartCase as t };
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