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Char.ToLower Method (Char, CultureInfo)

.NET Framework 4.5

Converts the value of a specified Unicode character to its lowercase equivalent using specified culture-specific formatting information.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

C++

'Declaration
Public Shared Function ToLower ( _
	c As Char, _
	culture As CultureInfo _
) As Char

Parameters

c: Type: System.Char
The Unicode character to convert.

culture: Type: System.Globalization.CultureInfo
An object that supplies culture-specific casing rules.

Return Value

Type: System.Char
The lowercase equivalent of c, modified according to culture, or the unchanged value of c, if c is already lowercase or not alphabetic.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	culture is Nothing.

Remarks

Use String.ToLower to convert a string to lowercase.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates ToLower.

C++

imports System

Module ToLowerSample

    Sub Main()
        Console.WriteLine(Char.ToLower("A"c))               ' Output: "a" 
    End Sub 

End Module

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Platforms

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)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Char Structure

ToLower Overload

System Namespace

CultureInfo.CurrentCulture

String.ToLower

Char.ToUpper

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