upper

Convert strings to uppercase

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Syntax

newStr = upper(str)

Description

newStr = upper(str) converts all lowercase characters in str to the corresponding uppercase characters and leaves all other characters unchanged.

Examples

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Open Live Script
upper('Hello, World.')
ans = 
'HELLO, WORLD.'
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Starting in R2017a, you can create string arrays using double quotes.

Convert a string array to contain uppercase characters.

str = ["The SOONER,";"the BETTER."]
str = 2x1 string
    "The SOONER,"
    "the BETTER."


newStr = upper(str)
newStr = 2x1 string
    "THE SOONER,"
    "THE BETTER."

Input Arguments

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Input array, specified as a string array, character array, or cell array of character vectors.

Tips

For character arrays, the upper function supports the character sets:

  • PC: Windows® Latin-1

  • Other: ISO® Latin-1 (ISO 8859-1)

For string arrays, the upper function supports Unicode®.

Extended Capabilities

See Also

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Topics

Introduced before R2006a

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