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CHR_LOWER  -  Return the lowercase equivalent of a character

Description:
If the given character is uppercase, the lowercase equivalent is returned, otherwise the character will be returned unchanged.

Invocation:
RESULT = CHR_LOWER( CVALUE )

Arguments:
CVALUE = CHARACTER 1 (Given)
The character to be converted.

Returned Value:
CHR_LOWER = CHARACTER 1 (Returned)
Lowercase equivalent of the given character, if the given character is an uppercase letter; otherwise the character is returned unchanged.



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CHR Character Handling Routines
Starlink User Note 40
A C Charles
P C T Rees
A J Chipperfield
2 August 1995
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk