String.touppercase() - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

String.toUpperCase()

Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
my_str.toUpperCase() : String
Parameters
None.
Returns
A string.
Description
Method; returns a copy of the String object, with all lowercase characters converted to uppercase.
The original value is unchanged.
Example
The following example creates a string with all lowercase characters and then creates a copy of that
string using
toUpperCase()
var lowerCase:String = "lorem ipsum dolor";
var upperCase:String = lowerCase.toUpperCase();
trace("lowerCase: " + lowerCase); // output: lowerCase: lorem ipsum dolor
trace("upperCase: " + upperCase); // output: upperCase: LOREM IPSUM DOLOR
An example is also found in the Strings.fla file in the HelpExamples folder. The following list
gives typical paths to this folder:
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Windows: \Program Files\Macromedia\Flash MX 2004\Samples\HelpExamples\
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Macintosh: HD/Applications/Macromedia Flash MX 2004/Samples/HelpExamples/
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See also
String.toLowerCase()
:
String.toUpperCase() 809