LCWORD2: Converting a String to Mixed-Case

How to:

Available Languages: reporting, Maintain

The LCWORD2 function converts the letters in a character string to mixed-case by converting the first letter of each word to uppercase and converting every other letter to lowercase. In addition, a double quotation mark or a space indicates that the next letter should be converted to uppercase.

For example, "SMITH" would be changed to "Smith" and "JACK S" would be changed to "Jack S".

Syntax: How to Convert a Character String to Mixed-Case 

LCWORD2(length, string, output)

where:

length

Integer

Is the length, in characters, of the character string or field to be converted, or a field that contains the length.

string

Alphanumeric

Is the character string to be converted, or a temporary field that contains the string.

output

Alphanumeric

Is the name of the field that contains the result, or the format of the output value enclosed in single quotation marks. The length must be greater than or equal to length.

Example: Converting a Character String to Mixed-Case

LCWORD2 converts the string O'CONNOR’s to mixed-case: 

DEFINE FILE EMPLOYEE
MYVAL1/A10='O'CONNOR'S';
LC2/A10 = LCWORD2(10, MYVAL1, 'A10');
END
TABLE FILE EMPLOYEE
SUM LAST_NAME NOPRINT MYVAL1 LC2 
END

The output is: 

MYVAL1      LC2
------      --- 
O'CONNOR'S  O'Connor's