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instance method

String#downcase

() -> ::String
(:ascii | :fold | :lithuanian | :turkic) -> ::String
(:lithuanian, :turkic) -> ::String
(:turkic, :lithuanian) -> ::String
downcase(*options) → string

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

  1. 3.0
See also #downcase! #delete_suffix! #delete_suffix #dump also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0