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Function::String

Lower

Lower(TEXT VALUE) Lower("My Camel Case TEXT) Lower("MY CAPITAL TEXT") Lower(MyTextField)

The lower function converts each letter in a specified text value into lower-case type.

Parameters


TEXT VALUE

The Text String that you want to change to lower case.

Returns/Result


The specified text value with all the letters in lower case.

Examples


Examples

lower( "DataEase" )

Returns: dataease


lower( "Club ParaDEASE" )

Returns: club paradease


lower( LAST NAME)

Returns: The value in the LAST NAME field in lower-case type for every record that is processed. If a record contains the value Birnbaum in the LAST NAME field, the function returns birnbaum.

Reference

lower

Type

Text Function

Purpose

The lower function converts each letter in a specified text value into lower-case type.

Syntax

lower( TEXT VALUE)

Returns

The specified text value with all the letters in lower case.

Examples

lower( "DataEase" )

Returns: dataease

 

lower( "Club ParaDEASE" )

Returns: club paradease

 

lower( LAST NAME)

Returns: The value in the LAST NAME field in lower-case type for every record that is processed. If a record contains the value Birnbaum in the LAST NAME field, the function returns birnbaum.

See Also


Proper Upper StringReplace MemoReplace

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