..  _lwc-dlr:

LWC$
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| Syntax   |  LWC$ (string$)                                                   |
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| Location |  LWCUPC                                                           |
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The function exchanges all upper case characters in the given string to
lower case characters and returns the result. Only the standard alphabet
is recognised - umlauts etc. are ignored.

**CROSS-REFERENCE**

:ref:`upc-dlr` and :ref:`upper-dlr`
return the string in upper case characters.