| Functions and CALL Routines |
Converts all letters in an argument to lowercase.
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argument
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specifies a character constant, variable,
or expression.
In a DATA step, if the LOWCASE function
returns a value to a variable that has not previously been assigned a length,
then that variable is given the length of the argument.
The LOWCASE function copies the character argument,
converts all uppercase letters to lowercase letters, and returns the altered
value as a result.
The results of the LOWCASE function depend directly on the translation
table that is in effect (see TRANTAB System Option) and indirectly
on the ENCODING System Option and the LOCALE System Option in
SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide.
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SAS Statements |
Results |
x='INTRODUCTION';
y=lowcase(x);
put y;
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introduction
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