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__NOTOC__ | |||
{{Shared function}} | |||
Converts a UTF-8 string to lower-case, which can be used to compare two strings. If ''input'' is an integer, it's treat as a code point and a convert code point (number) is returned. | |||
==Syntax== | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">string utf8.lower ( string|int input ) | |||
string utf8.fold ( string|int input )</syntaxhighlight> | |||
===Required Arguments=== | |||
*'''input:''' A string character sequence OR an integer value | |||
===Returns=== | |||
Returns a ''string'' in lower-case. | |||
==Example== | |||
<section name="Server" class="server" show="true"> | |||
This example shows how to convert a string to lower-case, which can be used to compare with other folded strings. | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> | |||
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 | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
</section> | |||
==See Also== | |||
{{UTF8 functions}} |
Revision as of 18:10, 15 February 2016
Converts a UTF-8 string to lower-case, which can be used to compare two strings. If input is an integer, it's treat as a code point and a convert code point (number) is returned.
Syntax
string utf8.lower ( string|int input ) string utf8.fold ( string|int input )
Required Arguments
- input: A string character sequence OR an integer value
Returns
Returns a string in lower-case.
Example
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ServerThis example shows how to convert a string to lower-case, 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
Shared
- 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