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Browse All TopicsI need to get the uppercase value of a string (read from environment variable) in a BATCH file.
something like:
set xxx=UCASE(%MyEnvStr%)
Any ideas?
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by: gecko_au2003Posted on 2005-09-14 at 08:45:05ID: 14881777
... convert strings to all uppercase or lowercase:
com/index. html
Convert to all uppercase (MS-DOS only):
SET STRING=Whatever You Want
SET OLDPATH=%PATH%
PATH %STRING%
SET STRING=%PATH%
PATH %OLDPATH%
SET OLDPATH=
ECHO.%STRING%
This trick works only if the PATH isn't too long and there is enough environment space available.
Convert to all uppercase (NT only):
SET STRING=Whatever You Want
IF [%STRING%]==[] GOTO:EOF
SET STRING=%STRING:a=A%
SET STRING=%STRING:b=B%
.
.
.
SET STRING=%STRING:y=Y%
SET STRING=%STRING:z=Z%
SET STRING
Convert to all lowercase (NT only):
SET STRING=Whatever You Want
IF [%STRING%]==[] GOTO:EOF
SET STRING=%STRING:A=a%
SET STRING=%STRING:B=b%
.
.
.
SET STRING=%STRING:Y=y%
SET STRING=%STRING:Z=z%
SET STRING
which I got from here :
http://www.robvanderwoude.
hopefully that helps