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INITCAP , UPPER and LOWER#

Functionality:#

These Oracle functions will return the passed character string with the capitalization changed as indicated:

• INITCAP will return the first letter of each word capitalized;
• UPPER will return all letters in UPPERCASE;
• LOWER will return all letters in lowercase.

Parameters:#

STRING

The source, or original, string

Returns: Text

Errors: #

None

Example:#

initcap(~) will return, from a value of samuel sneed the value Samuel Sneed

upper(~) will return, from a value of samuel sneed the value SAMUEL SNEED

lower(~) will return, from a value of Samuel SNEED the value samuel sneed