LCASE$

The LCASE$ function outputs an all-lowercase version of a STRING.

Syntax

result$ = LCASE$(text$)

Description

• Normally used to guarantee that user input is not capitalized.
• Does not affect non-alphabetical characters.

Examples

Example: The following code guarantees that all user letter entries will be lower case:

PRINT "Do you want to continue? (y/n)" DO K$ = LCASE$(INKEY$) LOOP UNTIL K$ = "y" OR K$ = "n"

See also

• Featured in our "Keyword of the Day" series
• UCASE$ (upper case)
• INKEY$
• INPUT$

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