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**UPPER(**//string//**)**

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| **UPPER** | Returns all upper case string. |
| //string// | A string constant, variable, or expression for the //string// to be converted. |

The **UPPER** procedure returns a string with all letters converted to upper case.

**Return Data Type:     **STRING

**Example:**

** !UPPER('abc') returns 'ABC'**

**Name = ****UPPER****(Name)   !Make the name upper case**

**See Also:**

[[lower  return lower case .htm|LOWER]]

[[isupper  return upper case character .htm|ISUPPER]]

[[islower  return lower case character .htm|ISLOWER]]