Create method to downcase a question, but only the first character, excluding within validate methods

app/helpers/formatting_helper.rb

@@ -3,4 +3,9 @@ module FormattingHelper
     return value if value.blank?
     value.match?(/[[:punct:]]\z/) && !value.match?(/[(){}\[\]]\z/) ? value : "#{value}."
   end
+
+  def downcase_first_letter(str)
+    return str if str.blank?
+    str[0].downcase + str[1..]
+  end
 end

app/services/bulk_upload/lettings/year2023/row_parser.rb

@@ -544,9 +544,9 @@ private
 
       fields.each do |field|
         if setup_question?(question)
-          errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(QUESTIONS[field])&.downcase), category: :setup)
+          errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(downcase(QUESTIONS[field]))), category: :setup)
         else
-          errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(QUESTIONS[field])&.downcase))
+          errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(downcase(QUESTIONS[field]))))
         end
       end
     end
@@ -764,14 +764,14 @@ private
         fields.each do |field|
           if errors.select { |e| fields.include?(e.attribute) }.none?
             question_text = question.error_display_label.presence || "this question."
-            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.not_answered", question: question_text.downcase), category: :setup) if field.present?
+            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.not_answered", question: downcase(question_text)), category: :setup) if field.present?
           end
         end
       else
         fields.each do |field|
           unless errors.any? { |e| fields.include?(e.attribute) }
             question_text = question.error_display_label.presence || "this question."
-            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.not_answered", question: question_text.downcase), category: :not_answered)
+            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.not_answered", question: downcase(question_text)), category: :not_answered)
           end
         end
       end
@@ -1607,4 +1607,8 @@ private
   def is_carehome
     field_127.present? ? 1 : 0
   end
+
+  def downcase(str)
+    downcase_first_letter(str)
+  end
 end

app/services/bulk_upload/lettings/year2024/row_parser.rb

@@ -568,9 +568,9 @@ private
 
       fields.each do |field|
         if setup_question?(question)
-          errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(QUESTIONS[field])&.downcase), category: :setup)
+          errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(downcase(QUESTIONS[field]))), category: :setup)
         else
-          errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(QUESTIONS[field])&.downcase))
+          errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(downcase(QUESTIONS[field]))))
         end
       end
     end
@@ -1642,4 +1642,8 @@ private
   def bulk_upload_organisation
     Organisation.find(bulk_upload.organisation_id)
   end
+
+  def downcase(str)
+    downcase_first_letter(str)
+  end
 end

app/services/bulk_upload/sales/year2023/row_parser.rb

@@ -1243,13 +1243,13 @@ private
       if setup_question?(question)
         fields.each do |field|
           unless errors.any? { |e| fields.include?(e.attribute) }
-            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.not_answered", question: question.error_display_label&.downcase), category: :setup)
+            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.not_answered", question: downcase(question.error_display_label)), category: :setup)
           end
         end
       else
         fields.each do |field|
           unless errors.any? { |e| fields.include?(e.attribute) }
-            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.not_answered", question: question.error_display_label&.downcase), category: :not_answered)
+            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.not_answered", question: downcase(question.error_display_label)), category: :not_answered)
           end
         end
       end
@@ -1271,13 +1271,13 @@ private
         fields.each do |field|
           if errors[field].none?
             block_log_creation!
-            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(QUESTIONS[field])&.downcase), category: :setup)
+            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(downcase(QUESTIONS[field]))), category: :setup)
           end
         end
       else
         fields.each do |field|
           unless errors.any? { |e| fields.include?(e.attribute) }
-            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(QUESTIONS[field])&.downcase))
+            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(downcase(QUESTIONS[field]))))
           end
         end
       end
@@ -1335,4 +1335,8 @@ private
       errors.add(:field_35, "Buyer 1 cannot be a child under 16.")
     end
   end
+
+  def downcase(str)
+    downcase_first_letter(str)
+  end
 end

app/services/bulk_upload/sales/year2024/row_parser.rb

@@ -1407,13 +1407,13 @@ private
         fields.each do |field|
           if errors[field].none?
             block_log_creation!
-            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(QUESTIONS[field])&.downcase), category: :setup)
+            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(downcase(QUESTIONS[field]))), category: :setup)
           end
         end
       else
         fields.each do |field|
           unless errors.any? { |e| fields.include?(e.attribute) }
-            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(QUESTIONS[field])&.downcase))
+            errors.add(field, I18n.t("validations.invalid_option", question: ensure_punctuation(downcase(QUESTIONS[field]))))
           end
         end
       end
@@ -1509,4 +1509,8 @@ private
   def bulk_upload_organisation
     Organisation.find(bulk_upload.organisation_id)
   end
+
+  def downcase(str)
+    downcase_first_letter(str)
+  end
 end