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Transformation Language Reference

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UPPER

Converts lowercase string characters to uppercase.

Syntax

UPPER( string )

The following table describes the argument for this command:

Argument	Required/ Optional	Description
string	Required	String datatype. Passes the values you want to change to uppercase text. You can enter any valid transformation expression.

Return Value

Uppercase string. If the data contains multibyte characters, the return value depends on the code page and data movement mode of the

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NULL if a value passed to the function is NULL.

Example

The following expression changes all names in the FIRST_NAME port to uppercase:

UPPER( FIRST_NAME )

FIRST_NAME	RETURN VALUE
Ramona	RAMONA
NULL	NULL
THOMAS	THOMAS
PierRe	PIERRE
Bernice	BERNICE

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UPPER

UPPER

Syntax

Return Value

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