LOWCASE Function

LOWCASE Function

Converts all letters in an argument to lowercase

Category: Character

Syntax

LOWCASE ( argument )

Arguments

argument

• specifies any SAS character expression.

Details

If the LOWCASE function returns a value to a variable that has not yet been assigned a length, by default the variable length is determined by the length of the first argument.

The LOWCASE function copies a character argument, converts all uppercase letters to lowercase letters, and returns the altered value as a result.

Examples

SAS Statements	Results
x='INTRODUCTION'; y=lowcase(x); put y;	introduction

See Also

Functions:

• 'UPCASE Function' on page 866

• 'PROPCASE Function' on page 737