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Reference for Wiring version 1.0 Build 0100+ If you have a previous version, use the reference included with your software. If see any errors or have any comments, let us know.

Name

toLowerCase()

Examples
char tab = 't';    // tab character
char digit = '1';   // digit character
char upperA = 'A';  // upper case 'A'
char lowerA = 'a';  // lower case 'a'
char colon = ',';   // comma
char val;

void setup() 
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  
  val = toLowerCase(upperA);
  Serial.print(val);                        // prints 'a'
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(isAlphaNumeric(digit),DEC);  // prints 1 (true)
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(isAlpha(upperA),DEC);        // prints 1 (true)
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(isAscii(upperA),DEC);        // prints 1 (true)
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(isWhitespace(tab),DEC);      // prints 1 (true)
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(isGraph(lowerA),DEC);        // prints 1 (true)
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(isLowerCase(lowerA),DEC);    // prints 1 (true)
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(isSpace(val),DEC);           // prints 0 (false)
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(isUpperCase(upperA),DEC);    // prints 1 (true)
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(isControl(upperA), DEC);     // prints 0 (false)
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(isDigit(digit), DEC);        // prints 1 (true)
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(isGraph(digit), DEC);        // prints 1 (true)
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(isPunct(colon), DEC);        // prints 1 (true)
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(isHexadecimalDigit('F'), DEC);  // prints 1 (true)
  Serial.print(" ");
  val = toLowerCase('K');                   // prints 'k'
  Serial.print(val);
  Serial.print(" ");
  val = toAscii(40);                        
  Serial.println(val);                      // prints '('
}

void loop() 
{

}
Description Converts the letter c to lower case, if possible. Warning: This function will convert accented letters into random characters.
Syntax
toLowerCase(var)
Parameters
var int or char variable name referencing the value
Returns char: the converted character
Usage Application
Related toAscii()
toLowerCase()
toUpperCase()
Updated on July 07, 2011 11:09:14pm PDT

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