SHIP:Sail:toLowerCase

Function	Returns	Introduced	Description
toLowerCase	String	v2.0	Replaces any ASCII upper case letters with lower case equivalents in a string.

See Also:

• Sail Home
• Sail Functions
• Sail String Functions
• charAt, codepointAt, toUpperCase, toString

Prototype

String toLowerCase(String s);

Parameters/Return Value

Parameter	Data Type	Description
s	String	Original string
Return	String	the lower case version of the original string

Detailed Description

The toLowerCase function returns a new string which has any ASCII upper case letters in the original string replaced with their lower case equivalents.

The letters 'A' through 'Z' will be replaced with 'a' through 'z' respectively.

The letters 'À'(0x00C0) through 'Þ'(0x00DE) will be replaced with 'à'(0x00E0) through 'þ'(0x00FE) respectively.

Examples

Example	Result	Notes
toLowerCase("hElLo");	"hello"
toLowerCase("HELLO");	"hello"
toLowerCase("FRANÇAIS");	"français"