$UPCASEw. Format

Converts character data to uppercase.
Category: Character
Alignment: left
Syntax
Details
Example

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
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