Lcase

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LCase

Returns a lower-case copy of the string.

Syntax

Declare Function LCase ( ByRef str As Const String, ByVal mode As Long = 0 ) As String
Declare Function LCase ( ByRef str As Const WString, ByVal mode As Long = 0 ) As WString

Parameters

• str
• mode

Description

Returns a copy of str with all of the letters converted to lower case.

If str is empty, the null string ("``") is returned.

Return Value

Lowercase copy of str.

Remarks

Usage

result = LCase[$]( str [ , mode ] )

Platform Differences

• The wide-character string version of LCase is not supported for DOS target.

Dialect Differences

• The string type suffix "$" is required in the -lang qb dialect. The string type suffix "$" is optional in the -lang fblite dialect.
  The string type suffix "$" is ignored in the -lang fb dialect, warn only with the -w suffix compile option (or -w pedantic compile option).

Differences from QB

• QB does not support Unicode.

See also

• UCase

Examples

Print LCase("AbCdEfG")
Output:

abcdefg

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