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#### 13.2.14 char-upcase, char-downcase [Function]

`char-upcase` character ⇒ corresponding-character

`char-downcase` character ⇒ corresponding-character

#### Arguments and Values::

character, corresponding-character—a character.

#### Description::

If character is a lowercase character, char-upcase returns the corresponding uppercase character. Otherwise, char-upcase just returns the given character.

If character is an uppercase character, char-downcase returns the corresponding lowercase character. Otherwise, char-downcase just returns the given character.

The result only ever differs from character in its code attribute; all implementation-defined attributes are preserved.

#### Examples::

     (char-upcase #\a) ⇒  #\A
     (char-upcase #\A) ⇒  #\A
     (char-downcase #\a) ⇒  #\a
     (char-downcase #\A) ⇒  #\a
     (char-upcase #\9) ⇒  #\9
     (char-downcase #\9) ⇒  #\9
     (char-upcase #\@) ⇒  #\@
     (char-downcase #\@) ⇒  #\@
     ;; Note that this next example might run for a very long time in
     ;; some implementations if CHAR-CODE-LIMIT happens to be very large
     ;; for that implementation.
     (dotimes (code char-code-limit)
       (let ((char (code-char code)))
         (when char
           (unless (cond ((upper-case-p char) (char= (char-upcase (char-downcase char)) char))
                         ((lower-case-p char) (char= (char-downcase (char-upcase char)) char))
                         (t (and (char= (char-upcase (char-downcase char)) char)
                                 (char= (char-downcase (char-upcase char)) char))))
             (return char)))))
    ⇒  NIL

#### Exceptional Situations::

Should signal an error of type type-error if character is not a character.

#### See Also::

upper-case-p , alpha-char-p , Characters With Case, Documentation of Implementation-Defined Scripts

#### Notes::

If the corresponding-char is different than character, then both the character and the corresponding-char have case.

Since char-equal ignores the case of the characters it compares, the corresponding-character is always the same as character under char-equal.