====== Upper(text) ======
Category:  Text function

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=====Description=====
This function returns //text// converted to uppercase letters.

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=====Use cases=====
This function can be used to perform a case-insensitive comparison of text values when the current case of the values are not known.  The [[syntax:functions:lower|Lower(text)]] function can also be used for this.

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=====Arguments=====
^Argument^Type^Description^
|text|Text|The text value to convert to uppercase.|

**Return value type:** Text

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=====Remarks=====
This function has no effect on numbers, symbols, or non-printing characters.

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=====Examples=====

  upper('Health Services') //Returns 'HEALTH SERVICES'

  upper('all lowercase') //Returns 'ALL LOWERCASE'

  upper([Industry]) //Returns 'ENERGY'  (Using a field name; [Industry] = 'Energy')

  upper([YourIndustry]) = upper([MyIndustry])  (Case insensitive comparison between two fields)


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===== See also =====
  * [[syntax:functions:lower|Lower(text)]]
  * [[syntax:functions:proper|Proper(text)]]