How to convert a string to lowercase in R

The tolower() function in R converts a string to lowercase.

The following figure shows a visual representation of the tolower() function.

Visual representation of tolower() function

Syntax

tolower(string)

Parameter

As a parameter, the tolower() function requires a string which is to be converted to lowercase.

Return value

The tolower() function returns a string that is converted to lowercase.

Code

The code below shows how the tolower() function works in R.

#String
a <- tolower("EDUCATIVE");
print(paste0("tolower('EDUCATIVE'): ", a))
#String with number
b <- tolower("EDUCATIVE09");
print(paste0("tolower('EDUCATIVE09'): ", b))

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