Built-In Functions and Syntax › Uppercase

Uppercase

Returns the string that results from converting all characters to uppercase.

Syntax:

►►─── TOUPPER (string) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────►◄

Invocation names:

TOUPPER

Parameters:

string

Specifies the string value on which the uppercase function is performed.

String can be:

• A string literal, enclosed in single quotation marks
• The name of a user-defined variable data field containing the string

Example:

In the example below, the uppercase function is used to convert all characters in the last name to uppercase:

Initial value:
    EMP-LNAME:  'Lanchester         '
Statement:
    compute new-emp-lname = toupper(emp-lname)
Returned string:
    'LANCHESTER         '