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% Example 49 Word Initial Letter with UTF-8
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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage{datatool-base} 
\begin{document}
ábc: \DTLGetInitialLetter{ábc}{\result}
Initial: \result. {áb}c (áb grouped): \DTLGetInitialLetter{{áb}c}{\result}
Initial: \result. 

``ábc'': \DTLGetInitialLetter{``ábc''}{\result}
Initial: \result. ``{áb}c'' (áb grouped): \DTLGetInitialLetter{``{áb}c''}{\result}
Initial: \result. 
\end{document}