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String.toLowerCase

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Syntax 1

public String toLowerCase( Locale locale )

Parameters
  • locale
    use the case transformation rules for this locale
Returns

the String, converted to lowercase.

Description

Converts all of the characters in this String to lower case using the rules of the given locale.

See Also

toLowerCase, toUpperCase

Syntax 2

public String toLowerCase()

Returns

the string, converted to lowercase.

Description

Converts this String to lowercase.

If no character in the string has a different lowercase version, based on calling the toLowerCase method defined by Character, then the original string is returned.

Otherwise, a new string is allocated, whose length is identical to this string, and such that each character that has a different lowercase version is mapped to this lowercase equivalent.

See Also

toLowerCase, toUpperCase