The LOWER-CASE function is used to convert upper-case letters in a character string specified as an argument to lower-case letters.
The LOWER-CASE function is useful for uniformly managing alphabetic data using lower-case letters.
The UPPER-CASE function is used to convert lower-case letters in a character string specified in an argument to upper-case letters.
The UPPER-CASE function is useful for uniformly managing alphabetic data using upper-case letters.
000010 @OPTIONS MAIN 000020*---------------------------------------------------------------------- 000030* The LOWER-CASE function is used to uniformly manage alphabetic data 000040* using lower-case letters. 000050* The UPPER-CASE function is used to uniformly manage alphabetic data 000055* using upper-case letters. 000060*---------------------------------------------------------------------- 000070 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. 000080 PROGRAM-ID. SAMPLE. 000090* 000100 DATA DIVISION. 000110 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 000120 01 IN-STR PIC X(40). 000130 01 LOWER-STR PIC X(40). 000140 01 UPPER-STR PIC X(40). 000150* 000160 PROCEDURE DIVISION. 000170 DISPLAY "Please input a name using alphabetic characters. >>" 000175 WITH NO ADVANCING. 000180 ACCEPT IN-STR FROM CONSOLE. 000190*---------------------------------------------------------------------- 000200* The upper-case letters are converted to lower-case letters. 000210*---------------------------------------------------------------------- 000220 MOVE FUNCTION LOWER-CASE (IN-STR) TO LOWER-STR. 000223*---------------------------------------------------------------------- 000225* The lower-case letters are converted to upper-case letters. 000227*---------------------------------------------------------------------- 000230 MOVE FUNCTION UPPER-CASE (IN-STR) TO UPPER-STR. 000240*---------------------------------------------------------------------- 000250 DISPLAY " ". 000260 DISPLAY "Lower-case letter notation: " LOWER-STR. 000270 DISPLAY "Upper-case letter notation: " UPPER-STR. 000280 END PROGRAM SAMPLE.