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instance method
String#swapcase
() -> ::String
(:ascii | :lithuanian | :turkic) -> ::String
(:lithuanian, :turkic) -> ::String
(:turkic, :lithuanian) -> ::String
swapcase(*options) → string
string.c
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static VALUE
rb_str_swapcase(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE str)
{
rb_encoding *enc;
OnigCaseFoldType flags = ONIGENC_CASE_UPCASE | ONIGENC_CASE_DOWNCASE;
VALUE ret;
flags = check_case_options(argc, argv, flags);
enc = str_true_enc(str);
if (RSTRING_LEN(str) == 0 || !RSTRING_PTR(str)) return str_duplicate(rb_cString, str);
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 characters in self, with cases reversed; each uppercase character is downcased; each lowercase character is upcased:
Example
s = 'Hello World!' # => "Hello World!" s.swapcase # => "hELLO wORLD!"
The casing may be affected by the given options; see Case Mapping.
Related: String#swapcase!.
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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