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changeCaseChar

Changes the case of each character in a string. (Deprecated: see str_switch.)

Prototype

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"  ; This library is automatically loaded
                                                             ; from NCL V6.2.0 onward.
                                                             ; No need for user to explicitly load.

	function changeCaseChar (
		x  : string   
	)

	return_val  :  string

Arguments

x

A string.

Return value

A string of the same size as x.

Description

This function has been deprecated in version 5.1.1; use str_switch instead.

Changes the case of each character in a string. Treats each one separately and changes it to the opposite case. (e.g. apple => APPLE, aPPle => AppLE)