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CAPS function

Converts any lowercase letters in a character string expression to uppercase characters, and returns the resulting character string.

Syntax

CAPS ( expression )

expression

A constant, field name, variable name, or expression that results in a character string.

Example

In the following code example, the CAPS function converts the characters in the state field to uppercase:

r-caps.p

REPEAT: PROMPT-FOR customer.cust-num. FIND customer USING cust-num. UPDATE name address city state. customer.state = CAPS(customer.state). DISPLAY customer.state. END.

Notes

The CAPS function returns uppercase characters relative to the settings of the Internal Code Page (-cpinternal) and Case Table (-cpcase) startup parameters. For more information on these parameters, see OpenEdge Deployment: Startup Command and Parameter Reference .
The CAPS function is double-byte enabled. The specified expression can yield a string containing double-byte characters; however, the CAPS function changes only single-byte characters in the string.

See also

LC function