$UPCASEw. Format

Converts character data to uppercase.

Category: Character
Alignment: Left

Syntax

$UPCASEw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default 8, if the length of the variable is undefined. Otherwise, the default is the length of the variable
Range 1–32767

Details

Special characters, such as hyphens and other symbols, are not altered.

Example

put @1 name $upcase9.;
Value of name
Result
----+----1
coxe-ryan
COXE-RYAN