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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">LCase Function [Runtime]</title>
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<bookmark_value>LCase function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3152363" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120302.xhp" name="LCase Function [Runtime]">LCase Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145609" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Converts all uppercase letters in a string to lowercase.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3154347" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">See also: <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120310.xhp" name="UCase">UCase</link> Function</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3149456" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3150791" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">LCase (Text As String)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3154940" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3144760" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3151043" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153193" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression that you want to convert.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3148451" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1341103568" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleLUCase</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341102336" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sVar As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1341101104" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> sVar = "Las Vegas"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3146121" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print LCase(sVar) ' Returns "las vegas"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3146986" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> Print UCase(sVar) ' Returns "LAS VEGAS"</paragraph>
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