String::ToLower Method
Returns a copy of this string converted to lowercase.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
This method takes into account the casing rules of the current culture.
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This method does not modify the value of the current instance. Instead, it returns a new string in which all characters in the current instance are converted to lowercase. |
Security Considerations
The casing operation that results from calling the ToLower() method takes the casing conventions of the current culture into account. If you need the lowercase or uppercase version of an operating system identifier, such as a file name, named pipe, or registry key, use the ToLowerInvariant or ToUpperInvariant methods. This produces the same result in every culture (unlike the ToLower() method) and performs more efficiently.
As explained in Best Practices for Using Strings in the .NET Framework, we recommend that you avoid calling string casing methods that substitute default values and instead call methods that require parameters to be explicitly specified. To convert a character to lowercase by using the casing conventions of the current culture, call the ToLower(CultureInfo) method overload with a value of CultureInfo::CurrentCulture for its culture parameter.
The following example converts several mixed case strings to lowercase.
using namespace System; using namespace System::Collections; int main() { array<String^>^info = {"Name","Title","Age","Location","Gender"}; Console::WriteLine( "The initial values in the array are:" ); IEnumerator^ myEnum = info->GetEnumerator(); while ( myEnum->MoveNext() ) { String^ s = safe_cast<String^>(myEnum->Current); Console::WriteLine( s ); } Console::WriteLine( " {0}The lowercase of these values is:", Environment::NewLine ); IEnumerator^ myEnum1 = info->GetEnumerator(); while ( myEnum1->MoveNext() ) { String^ s = safe_cast<String^>(myEnum1->Current); Console::WriteLine( s->ToLower() ); } Console::WriteLine( " {0}The uppercase of these values is:", Environment::NewLine ); IEnumerator^ myEnum2 = info->GetEnumerator(); while ( myEnum2->MoveNext() ) { String^ s = safe_cast<String^>(myEnum2->Current); Console::WriteLine( s->ToUpper() ); } } // The example displays the following output: // The initial values in the array are: // Name // Title // Age // Location // Gender // // The lowercase of these values is: // name // title // age // location // gender // // The uppercase of these values is: // NAME // TITLE // AGE // LOCATION // GENDER
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
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