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str_switch

Switches the case of characters in the given string(s).

Available in version 5.1.1 and later.

Prototype

	function str_switch (
		string_val  : string   
	)

	return_val [dimsizes(string_val)] :  string

Arguments

string_val

A string array of any dimensionality.

Description

This function returns strings with all characters' cases switched, e.g. lowercase characters will be switched to uppercase, and uppercase will be switched to lowercase.

See Also

str_upper, str_lower, str_capital

Examples

Example

 str = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_......_ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
 new_string = str_switch(str)
 print(new_string)
Output: 
(0)     <ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_......_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz>