SHIP:Sail:toUpperCase

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

See Also:

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

Prototype

String toUpperCase(String s);

Parameters/Return Value

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

Detailed Description

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

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

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

Examples

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