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LeetCode 520, Easy. Topics: String. View on LeetCode. Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 20 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:

Problem

We define the usage of capitals in a word to be right when one of the following cases holds:
  • All letters in this word are capitals, like "USA".
  • All letters in this word are not capitals, like "leetcode".
  • Only the first letter in this word is capital, like "Google".
Given a string word, return true if the usage of capitals in it is right.

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Constraints

  • 1 <= word.length <= 100
  • word consists of lowercase and uppercase English letters.

Solution

Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:

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Last modified on September 7, 2026