User Guide

728 Chapter 3: ColdFusion Functions
UCase
Description
Converts the alphabetic characters in a string to uppercase.
Returns
A copy of a string, converted to uppercase.
Category
String functions
Function syntax
UCase(string)
See also
LCase
Parameters
Example
<h3>UCase Example</h3>
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.sampleText")>
<cfif FORM.sampleText is not "">
<p>Your text, <cfoutput>#FORM.sampleText#</cfoutput>,
returned in uppercase is <cfoutput>#UCase(FORM.sampleText)#</cfoutput>.
<cfelse>
<p>Please enter some text.
</cfif>
</cfif>
<form action = "ucase.cfm">
<p>Enter your sample text, and press "submit" to see the text returned in
uppercase:
<p><input type = "Text" name = "SampleText" value = "sample">
<input type = "Submit" name = "" value = "submit">
</form>
Parameter Description
string A string or a variable that contains one