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UpCase function

In unit System

Convert a string to all uppercase.

Declaration

pascal
function UpCase(const s: shortstring): shortstring

Description

Upcase returns the uppercase version of its argument C. If its argument is a string, then the complete string is converted to uppercase. The type of the returned value is the same as the type of the argument.

UpCase does not change the number of characters in the string.

Errors

None.

See also

Example: ex72

pascal
program Example72;

{ Program to demonstrate the upcase function. }

var c:char;

begin
  for c:='a' to 'z' do
    write(upcase(c));
  Writeln;
  { This doesn't work in TP, but it does in Free Pascal }
  Writeln(upcase('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'));
end.

An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.