COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Intrinsic Functions

HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006

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LOWER-CASE Function

LOWER-CASE, an alphanumeric function, returns a character-string that is the same

as its argument, except that each uppercase letter is replaced by the corresponding

lowercase letter.

string

is an alphabetic or alphanumeric string at least one character in length.

The returned value is the same as the value of string, except that each uppercase

letter is replaced by the corresponding lowercase letter. If the value of string

contains no uppercase letters, or if an ALPHABET clause specifies a collating

sequence that contains no lowercase letters, the returned value is the same as the

value of string.

Example 14-20. LOWER-CASE Function

Code:

DISPLAY FUNCTION LOWER-CASE ("HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 2003")

DISPLAY FUNCTION LOWER-CASE ("Hewlett-packard Company 2003")

DISPLAY FUNCTION LOWER-CASE ("hewlett-packard company 2003")

Output:

hewlett-packard company 2003

( )

LOWER-CASEFUNCTION string

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