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LOWER()
Convert uppercase characters to lowercase
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Syntax
LOWER(<cString>) --> cLowerString
Arguments
<cString> is a character string to be converted to lowercase.
Returns
LOWER() returns a copy of <cString> with all alphabetic characters
converted to lowercase. All other characters remain the same as in the
original string.
Description
LOWER() is a character function that converts uppercase and mixed case
strings to lowercase. It is related to UPPER() which converts lowercase
and mixed case strings to uppercase. LOWER() is related to the
ISLOWER() and ISUPPER() functions which determine whether a string
begins with a lowercase or uppercase letter.
LOWER() is generally used to format character strings for display
purposes. It can, however, be used to normalize strings for case-
independent comparison or INDEXing purposes.
Examples
. These examples demonstrate various results of LOWER():
? LOWER("STRING") // Result: string
? LOWER("1234 CHARS = ") // Result: 1234 chars =
Files Library is CLIPPER.LIB.
See Also:
ISLOWER()
ISUPPER()
UPPER()
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