Utf8.fold
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Converts a UTF-8 string to folded case (lowercase), which can be used to compare two strings. If input is an integer, it's treat as a codepoint and a convert codepoint (integer) is returned.
Syntax
string|int utf8.fold ( string|int input )
string|int utf8.lower ( string|int input )
Required Arguments
- input: A string character sequence OR an integer value
Returns
Returns a string in lowercase OR returns an integer (see description).
Example
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ServerThis example shows how to convert a string to lowercase, which can be used to compare with other folded strings.
local output = utf8.lower( "WHAT ARE YOU UP TO? Do you like uppercase?" ) print( output ) -- what are you up to? do you like uppercase? local value = utf8.fold( 1088 ) print( type( value ) ) -- number
See Also
- utf8.byte
- utf8.char
- utf8.charpos
- utf8.escape
- utf8.find
- utf8.fold
- utf8.gmatch
- utf8.gsub
- utf8.insert
- utf8.len
- utf8.lower
- utf8.match
- utf8.ncasecmp
- utf8.next
- utf8.remove
- utf8.reverse
- utf8.sub
- utf8.title
- utf8.upper
- utf8.width
- utf8.widthindex