A locale independent version of toLowerCase. - Java java.lang

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Description

A locale independent version of toLowerCase.

Demo Code


//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        String string = "java2s.com";
        System.out.println(toLowerCase(string));
    }/* w  w w  .j  a  v a  2s.c  o  m*/

    /**
     * A locale independent version of toLowerCase.
     *
     * @param string input to be converted
     * @return a US ASCII lowercase version
     */
    public static String toLowerCase(String string) {
        boolean changed = false;
        char[] chars = string.toCharArray();

        for (int i = 0; i != chars.length; i++) {
            char ch = chars[i];
            if ('A' <= ch && 'Z' >= ch) {
                changed = true;
                chars[i] = (char) (ch - 'A' + 'a');
            }
        }

        if (changed) {
            return new String(chars);
        }

        return string;
    }
}

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