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Flash Lite 2.x ActionScript Language Reference > ActionScript classes > String > toLowerCase (String.toLowerCase method)

toLowerCase (String.toLowerCase method)

Returns a copy of the String object, with all uppercase characters converted to lowercase. The original value is unchanged.

Returns

String - A string.

Example

The following example creates a string with all uppercase characters and then creates a copy of that string using toLowerCase() to convert all uppercase characters to lowercase characters:

var upperCase:String = "LOREM IPSUM DOLOR";
var lowerCase:String = upperCase.toLowerCase();
trace("upperCase: " + upperCase); // output: upperCase: LOREM IPSUM DOLOR
trace("lowerCase: " + lowerCase); // output: lowerCase: lorem ipsum dolor

An example is also in the Strings.fla file in the ActionScript samples folder at www.adobe.com/go/learn_fl_samples. Download and decompress the .zip file and navigate to the folder for your version of ActionScript to access the sample.

See also

toUpperCase (String.toUpperCase method)

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