Folding a string to lower or upper case

tolower()

Return a string folded to lower case

toupper()

Return a string folded to upper case


SYNTAX

tolower(text_expression)
toupper(text_expression)

Returns text_expression with all characters in the range “A/a” to “Z/z” converted to lower or upper case.


EXAMPLE

  1. !temp Text, "Original text",a30
    !temp LCText, "Converted text",a30
    
    +textbox Box1 at 35,10 {
         field = tmp.LCText
    }
    
         tmp.Text = "BANANAS 30p kiwifruit £1.29"
         tmp.LCText = tolower(tmp.Text)
         display Box1               /*  [bananas 30p kiwifruit £1.29] */
    
  2. FileID = "FILE_" / toupper(CurrentFileName)
    SaveRecID = "TMP_" / toupper(CurrentFileName)
    

RELATED TOPICS

Alphanumeric formats

String handling functions

Field flags