lower

Convert string to lowercase

Syntax

newStr = lower(str)

newStr = lower(str) converts all uppercase characters in str to the corresponding lowercase characters and leaves all other characters unchanged.

Note

Only Stateflow^® charts that use MATLAB^® as the action language support the lower operator.

Convert the uppercase characters in the text Hello, world! to lowercase characters.

h = "Hello, world!"
x = lower(h)

Stateflow chart that uses the lower operator in a state.

Results from stateflow chart that uses the lower operator in a state.

This operator does not support structures. For more information about structures in Stateflow, see Access Bus Signals Through Stateflow Structures.