Re: st: string varaiable decapitalize characters

[Philipp Rehm <Philipp.Rehm@gmx.de>]

Assuming your variable is called "name":
replace name=lower(name)

HTH,
Philipp

Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos wrote:
> Hi,
>
> how can I change all capital letters to normal ones in a string variable?
>
>
> example:
>
> "John Doe" must be "john doe"
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Nikos
>
>
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