std-string-downcase


Synopsis

(std-string-downcase '<str>)

Description

STD-STRING-DOWNCASE "destructivly" converts a string to lowercase.

Note

It is dependent on the current stdlib codepage, which defaults to "iso8859-1". It might be dynamically redefined when the codepage is changed. This will only affect characters above (CHR 127).

Example

(std-string-downcase "Testname") => "testname"

(setq s "Testname")
(std-string-downcase 's) => "testname"
!s => "testname"

Arguments

string: a string or a symbol evaluating to a string.

Return Value

A string converted to lowercase.

Side Effects

If the argument is a symbol, then the value of the symbol is changed.

Module

(std-require 'STDSTR)

Defined in STDSTR, it might be redefined in STDLOCAL