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instance method
String#downcase
downcase(*options) → string
string.c
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static VALUE
rb_str_downcase(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE str)
{
rb_encoding *enc;
OnigCaseFoldType flags = ONIGENC_CASE_DOWNCASE;
VALUE ret;
flags = check_case_options(argc, argv, flags);
enc = str_true_enc(str);
if (case_option_single_p(flags, enc, str)) {
ret = rb_str_new(RSTRING_PTR(str), RSTRING_LEN(str));
str_enc_copy(ret, str);
downcase_single(ret);
}
else if (flags&ONIGENC_CASE_ASCII_ONLY) {
ret = rb_str_new(0, RSTRING_LEN(str));
rb_str_ascii_casemap(str, ret, &flags, enc);
}
else {
ret = rb_str_casemap(str, &flags, enc);
}
return ret;
}
Returns a string containing the downcased characters in self:
Example
s = 'Hello World!' # => "Hello World!" s.downcase # => "hello world!"
The casing may be affected by the given options; see Case Mapping.
Related: String#downcase!, String#upcase, String#upcase!.
Ruby version changes
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3.0
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The following methods now return or yield
Stringinstances instead of subclass instances when called on subclass instances: [Bug #10845]
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