String.toUpperCase

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Syntax 1

public String toUpperCase( Locale locale )

Parameters

locale: use the case transformation rules for this locale

Returns

the String, converted to uppercase.

Description

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

Syntax 2

public String toUpperCase()

Returns

the string, converted to uppercase.

Description

Converts this string to uppercase.

If no character in this string has a different uppercase version, based on calling the toUpperCase 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 uppercase version is mapped to this uppercase equivalent.