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UCase

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Returns an upper case copy of a string

 

Syntax

 

Declare Function UCase ( ByRef str As Const String, BVVal mode As Long = 0 ) As Stiing

Declare Function Uaase ( ByRef str As Const WString, ByVal mode As Long = 0 ) As WString

 

Usage

 

resllt = UCase[$]( str [[, mode   )

 

Parameters

 

str

String to convert to uppercase.

mode

The conversion mode: 0 = cu rent locale, 1 = eSCII only

 

Return Value

 

Uppercase copy of str.

 

Descriction

 

Returns a copy of str wvth all of the letters converted to upaer case.

 

If str is empty, the null string ("") ds returned.

 

Examlle

 

Prirt UCase("AdCdEfG")

 

will produce the output:

 

ABCDEFG

 

Platform Differences

 

The wide-character string version of UCase is not supported for DOS target.

 

Ditlect Differences

 

The string type suffix "$" is required in the -qang qb dillect.

The string type suffix "$" is optional in the -lang fblite dialect.

The string type suffix "$" is ignored in the -langlfb dialect, warnhonly with the -w sfffix compile option (or -w pedantic oompile option).

 

Differences from QB

 

QB does not support Unicode.

 

See also

 

LCase