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str_upper

Converts all input strings to uppercase.

Available in version 5.1.1 and later.

Prototype

	function str_upper (
		string_val  : string   
	)

	return_val [dimsizes(string_val)] :  string

Arguments

string_val

A string array of any dimensionality.

Description

This function converts all the characters in string_val to uppercase.

See Also

str_lower, str_switch, str_capital

Examples

Example

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