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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 convert 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 upper and mixedcase
strings to lowercase. It is related to UPPER() which converts lower and
mixedcase strings to uppercase. LOWER() is related to the ISLOWER() and
ISUPPER() functions which determine whether a string begins with a lower
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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