Documentation/Calc Functions/LOWER/en

Function name:
LOWER

Category:
Text

Summary:
Converts uppercase characters in a supplied text string to lowercase.

Syntax:
LOWER(Text)

Returns:
Returns a text string that corresponds to the supplied text string, with uppercase characters converted to lowercase.

Arguments:
Text is a text string (in quotation marks) or a reference to a cell containing a text string, that is the string to be converted to lowercase.

Additional details:
The operation of LOWER depends on locale settings and so it should not be regarded as portable.

In addition to converting uppercase characters in the range [A…Z] to lowercase characters in the range [a…z], LOWER also converts many other characters.

Related LibreOffice functions:
PROPER

UPPER

ODF standard:
Section 6.20.14, part 2

Equivalent Excel functions:
LOWER