C$TOLOWER

The C$TOLOWER library routine converts a data item's content to lower-case.

Syntax:

CALL "C$TOLOWER" USING textItem                         [textLen]

Parameters:

textItem	any alphanumeric data item	Specifies the text to be converted.
textLen	any numeric data item or numeric literal	Specifies the number of characters to be converted. Conversion occurs from left to right and only the first textLen characters are converted. If this parameter is omitted the whole string is translated.

Examples:

Example - Change case to lowercase for a string

*> define str1 as pic x(n)   move "Hello COBOL World" to str1 call "c$tolower" using str1 *> new value for str1 will be: hello cobol world