System Functions
LCS( ) Return Lowercase String
 
Format LCS(string$[,ERR=stmtref])
 
Where:
 
string$ String expression whose lower case ASCII counterpart is to be returned.
 
stmtref Program line number or statement label to which to transfer control.
 
Returns Lowercase counterpart of string
 
Description The LCS( ) function returns the lower case counterpart of the original string (with all upper case alphabetic characters replaced by their corresponding lower case characters).
 
See Also UCS( ) Return Upper Case String
 
Example 0010 INPUT "Enter name: ",NAME$
0020 LET NAME$(2)=LCS(NAME$(2))
0030 LET NAME$(1,1)=UCS(NAME$(1,1))
0040 PRINT "Name is",@(10),": ",NAME$
-:RUN
Enter name: SMITH Name is : Smith


*Note* If you use an asterisk * instead of a string (i.e., LCS(*)) the function returns the


256 byte Lowercase Conversion Table.